YEVA HARUTYUNYAN
union between the states of the region for taking out from isolation . Due to Japan ’ s initiatives , “ Central Asia Plus Japan ” forum was established aiming to overcome all political and economic issues and to develop intra-regional cooperation between two sides . Though in the beginning Japan was interested in development of value-based relationships with Central Asian states where the principles of democracy and market economy was prioritized , later its approaches were shifted to be more goal-oriented and aimed to have the practical outputs of such cooperation .
Japan ’ s strategy in Central Asian region can be described as constructive , aiming to develop various spheres of cooperation for establishing peace and stability not only in this region , but also in entire Eurasian continent .
Received May 4 , 2020 , Accepted August 11 , 2020
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