Foreign Affairs committee  I want to again reiterate what my colleague said. Engagement is critical. Russia cannot be trusted. A quote from Lenin says that you must always probe with a bayonet. That tells us that we have to do our homework as well. It's not a bad line. In terms of human rights and corrupt

Foreign Affairs committee  You're absolutely right. Transboundary water management is a huge mess. They do not trade very well. The mountain regions are really important, because they begin in Kazakhstan and China, and then they become the Pamirs, the Hindu Kush, and the Himalayas. These are peaks of 7,000

Foreign Affairs committee  It did go.

Foreign Affairs committee  You have the one belt, one road initiative. While we lay sleeping, China did the infrastructure with the different banks involved. They have just done a shipment of non-essential goods from China through Kazakhstan, Russia, Europe, the channel, to England. The shipment shaved 22

Foreign Affairs committee  Which hometown is that?

Foreign Affairs committee  I was on time but I didn't know about the—

Foreign Affairs committee  I was everywhere, but I said, “Happy Valentine's” to everyone. Thank you.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. It's not a region that many people know very much about. I enjoyed the last comments that were made about the interconnectivity. Part of the former Soviet Union absolutely connected to Europe, absolutely connected to the east. I was just in Washington la