Organization of Central Asian Cooperation

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The Organization of Central Asian Cooperation (OCAC) is an international organization, composed of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Russia. The current member nations, minus Russia and Tajikistan, plus Turkmenistan, formed the OCAC in 1991 as Central Asian Commonwealth. Turkmenistan later withdrew from the organization. Tajikistan and Russia joined in 1998 and 2004 respectively. Georgia, Turkey and Ukraine have observer status.

The OCAC's objective is to enchance "the development of the economic integration in the region, the perfection of the forms and mechanisms of expansion of the political, social, scientific-technical, cultural and educational relations."

It continued in 1994 under the name of Central Asian Economic Union or CAEU and included Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan as members. In 1998 it was then renamed Central Asian Economic Cooperation with the entry of Tajikistan.^{[citation needed]}

In 2002 it was renamed yet again to its current name.

In the end of 2005 it was decided between the member states that Uzbekistan will join the Eurasian Economic Community and that the organizations will merge.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Members

• Current members:
  •  Kazakhstan (1991)
  •  Kyrgyzstan 1991)
  •  Tajikistan (1991; self-suspended 1994-1998)
  •  Uzbekistan (1991)
  •  Russia (2004)
• Observers:
  •  Georgia
  •  Turkey
  •  Ukraine
• Former members:
  •  Turkmenistan (1991; withdrawn 1994)

[edit] See also

• Eurasian Economic Community (EURASEC)
• Regional organisations in the Post-Soviet space

[edit] External links

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