A “Union of Water and Electricity” could have emerged between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, capable of developing into a global union similar to the European Union.
As it turned out, this was hindered by the personal ambitions and relationships of the dictators of the post-Soviet countries of the region.
Islam Karimov considered Uzbekistan the center of Central Asia and was jealous of the economic growth in Kazakhstan. And other Central Asian leaders were afraid that Nazarbayev would claim the role of older brother.
Often, the leaders of the countries treated their fellow neighbors with personal hostility. And one day it came to a fight – between I. Karimov and the President of Tajikistan E. Rakhmonov.
For more information on why the Central Asian Union never came into being, watch the video on the AIRAN YouTube channel.
