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TASIM Role In The New Geopolitical Reality

October 2015

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Timeline  

  Proposed 2008 by Gov. of Azerbaijan   Endorsed by UN General Assembly Resolution Dec. 2009   Project Group launched Apr. 2010   International Workshop on TASIM, Project Secretariat established Jul 2011   21st of December, 2012, UN General Assembly unanimously adopted a new resolution (A/Res/67/194), which contributed to the update of political support of the UN for project TASIM   3rd of December, 2013, Preliminary Agreement has signed by China Telecom, IR&AC, KazTransCom, Rostelecom, Turk Telekom

TASIM  MoU  signing  ceremony      

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MoU signing ceremony, 3 Dec, 2013

TASIM MoU signing ceremony

Competitors

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(DE  –  PL)  –  UA  –  RU  –  KZ  –  CN  

•   (DE  –  AT  –  HU  –  RO  –  BG)  –  •   (TK  –  GE)  –  AZ  –    KZ  –  CN  

Center of gravity

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1.  Political turbulence in the wider region of the Middle East; 2.  Turkmenistan Parliament ratified a treaty with Kazakhstan on a border recognition in the

Caspian sea on 26th of May, 2015; 3.  Three sides consultations between political leadership of Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and

Turkey; 4.  Oil price has slumped almost two folds.    

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New W. Asia/Middle East Networks  

  2010:2013, four new interregional terrestrial networks were constructed between the Middle East and Europe.   2010: JADI Link & Regional Cable Network (RCN): as of 2015, out-of-service (Syrian Civil War)   2012: Europe-Persia Express Gateway (EPEG), conceived as a terrestrial backup route for the Europe-India Gateway (EIG) submarine cable, which had been prevented from landing in Egypt.   2013: Gulf Bridge International (GBI) activated its terrestrial GBI North Route through Iraq and Turkey in 2013 in order to provide redundancy for its Egyptian terrestrial crossing via the TE Transit Corridor.

 China-Russia  Networks

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 Trans Asia Europe (TAE) Conceived in 1990s; very low capacity; missing trans-Caspian links  China-Russia Networks

- Trans Europe Asia (TEA) (Rostelecom) - Europe-Russia-Asia (ERA) / China-Russia-2 / Eurasia Highway

(TransTeleCom) - Europe-Russia-Mongolia-China (ERMC) via Mongolia Railway

(2004) - MegaFon Diverse Route for European & Asian Markets (DREAM)

(2013) - Europe-Kazakhstan-Asia (EKA) / Information Silk Road  Trans Eurasian Information Superhighway (TASIM)

- Frankfurt-Hong Kong - China, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey (Including trans-

Caspian link)

Volumes vs Money

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Underwater  &  Terrestrial   Russia  

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Caucasus Part - Route

  Submarine cable route via Kinderli (Republic of Kazakhstan) to Siazan (Azerbaijan Republic)

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Thank You

Thank You For Your Attention !