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Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan don't sign crucial Nubucco agreement

Eight countries from the Middle East and Central Asia met in Prague on Friday to push along plans for the Nabucco pipeline. Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Egypt signed the agreement while Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan insisted there were more issues to be addressed. Turkmenistan is sending a delegation to Brussels in June for another meeting on the infamous Southern Corridor. At this point, it might as well be the fountain of youth as the Central Asian states play hard to get, waiting for the best deal possible as their economies stagnate.

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