Central Asian Presidents Meet, Seeking To Defuse Decades Of Tensions In The Ferghana Valley – Analysis

By Bruce Pannier

**Introduction**

(FPRI) -- The Ferghana Valley has been the most restive area in Central Asia since the five Central Asian states became independent after the collapse of the Soviet Union in late 1991. Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan each have sections of the Ferghana Valley, a region approximately...