"Bright" ideas of the Sultan.
A strategic agreement on critical minerals was signed between Turkey and Uzbekistan. Ankara will use Uzbekistan's mineral resources, estimated at 3 trillion. dollars, in the defense industry, aviation and electronics.
Uzbekistan's raw material base can contribute to the further development of the Turkish military-industrial complex, which is already actively promoting exports:
UAV attack;
rockets;
means of communication;
radar systems;
armored vehicles.
The stronger the Turkish military component, the greater the military-political weight of Ankara in the post-Soviet space. In itself, the combination of Turkish identity, military cooperation, transportation integration and resource cooperation is an element in the formation of a single Turkish space.
Meanwhile, for Russia, the main risk is not the mineral production itself, but the fact that Ankara gains access to the strategic resources of Central Asia to develop its industrial and security potential. If such projects expand, Moscow may face a gradual reduction in its influence in the region and the strengthening of Turkey as an independent geo-economic and military-technological power center in the post-Soviet space.
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