Articles by Special to The Astana Times by George Baumgarten, United Nations Correspondent

UN Security Council debate focuses on regional partnerships in Central Asia

NEW YORK – In a first for both the U.N. Security Council and the Central Asian region, Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov presided over a meeting of the council devoted to “Building Regional Partnership in Afghanistan and Central Asia as a Model to Link Security and Development.” The day’s programme featured a briefing by Secretary-General Antonio…