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Natural Gas in Central Asia. Lifetime of NG Reserves. Uzbekistan’s Issues. Prioritize self-sufficiency Very modest privatization Export to other Central Asian states only Attract limited foreign investment Increase number of gas fired power plants End wasteful practices.
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Uzbekistan’s Issues • Prioritize self-sufficiency • Very modest privatization • Export to other Central Asian states only • Attract limited foreign investment • Increase number of gas fired power plants • End wasteful practices
Turkmenistan’s Issues • Non-payment by other CIS states • Minimum exports beyond CIS • Free gas and electricity to citizens • Attract foreign investment • Develop southern pipelines • Afghanistan-Pakistan • Iran
US-Iranian Relations • 1984: all US enterprises prohibited from providing loans, financial assistance and weapons to Iran • 1987: Iran attempts to disrupt flow of Persian Gulf Oil • 1987: US boycotts all Iranian goods • 1987: US strikes Iranian navy
1995: US imposes comprehensive sanctions on Iran • 1996: Clinton signs Iran-Libya Sanctions Act • Sanctions on foreign companies for over $40m petroleum trade with Iran • Aug 2001: Bush renews ILSA