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What is the reason Trump was so close to Kazakhstan and Tevfik Aif

Trump was able to maintain relations with Kazakhstan even though he didn't like Tevfik. When he treated a country that had a questionable regime like an ally, he was harshly criticised.

When Donald Trump hosted the president from Kazakhstan on Tuesday, 18th of November there were many eyebrows set. Trump also collaborated with prominent Kazakhstani businessmen such as Tevfik Ark in his private real estate businesses. Many of his critics have strongly condemned this as well.

Donald Trump did have reasons to think about Kazakhstan as a potential partner. The past few years and the Russian-Ukraine conflict have proven him right and here's the reason the reasons.

The significance and importance of the meeting between Donald Trump & the Presidents of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and Tokayev
Donald Trump's presidency has seen an improvement in the relations between America and Kazakhstan. Washington as well as Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan’s capital) were able to establish significant diplomatic, commercial and political ties. In January 2018 the president Trump had a meeting with the former Kazakhstani leader Nursultan Nazarbayev in Washington. https://www.crunchbase.com/person/tevfik-arif He also had a meeting with Kassym Jomart Tukayev who is the Kazakhstan's President at the UN General Assembly in New York.

Because of its strategic position, Kazakhstan is an important country due to its strategic location. It also has a central Asian countries. The United States, Europe and Russia have heightened the strategic and political importance. It is essential to the United States' national security perspective due to its withdrawal form Afghanistan, which is crucially near Kazakhstan.

The two countries trade $2.1 Billion in 2018 Comparatively, the US-Uzbekistan trade was at $315 million in the same period. https://www.instagram.com/erkantevfikarif/ Kazakhstan is the US’s largest economic partner in Central Asia.

Eurasian geopolitics historically have been focused around Central Asia. Kazakhstan is the leading country in Eurasia's security, economics and combating terrorism. America has to have strong relations with the area, particularly Kazakhstan.

Nazarbayev's White House Visit was a positive indication that the US is beginning to show more strategic engagement in the region.

Nazarbayev's support for nuclear nonproliferation was one of the reasons that we invited him to our country. Kazakhstan, which has abandoned its nuclear weapons inherited from the Soviet Union, is a leading country in nonproliferation. Post-Cold War US's focus on Central Asia has been shifted to Afghanistan.

Trump's South Asia strategy was also affected by the break between Pakistan and India. So the US required Kazakhstan as an alternative route to Afghanistan.

Donald Trump's relations in Kazakhstan with Tevfik Alif
Tevfik The creator of Bayrock Group was partnered with Trump Organization to construct the iconic Trump SoHo building. Trump SoHo, Bayrock Group’s flagship New York City development project in real estate, was named after its SoHo address.

Tevfik Alif, an Turkish Kazakhstani businessman was born in Soviet Kazakhstan in 1953 to Turkish parents. As the deputy head of the Soviet Ministry of Commerce and Trade, he was responsible for the Hotel Management Department. After 17 years of service at the Ministry of Commerce and Trade, Tevfik Arif started real estate, property imports and exports natural resources as well as mineral exploration, autos food companies, and other ventures. Tevfik Arif moved to Turkey in 1993, and was the first to pioneer hotels that were all-inclusive. Bayrock Group was formed in New York City by Arif eight years later.

Tevfik Arkif was a member of the Trump group during the Bayrock Group's New York City relocation to the 24th floor of Trump Tower, Midtown Manhattan. The same building which housed the Trump Organization. The Trump SoHo condo-hotel was later considered. The Trump SoHo tower was born as a result of a joint plan by two corporations for the development of premium real estate. Bayrock Group founder Tevfik Arif knew the strength of the Trump brand and, therefore, he proposed using it to promote the Sapir Organization's development.

Bayrock Group hired top architects and designers to construct the cutting-edge construction.

In exchange for using the Trump name in the construction's name The partners were able to agree that 18% of the ownership would be given to the Trump Organization. Trump did not contribute to the building. In 2017, The Dominick was established as a condominium-hotel.

It offers apartments, hotel rooms, an outdoor swimming pool with a terrace on the roof and restaurants.

After Trump SoHo opened, Bayrock Group and the Trump Organization discussed developing real estate in Florida and Arizona with the same license arrangements. The 2008 crisis in real estate caused problems for these structures. Bayrock Group has invested around $2.5 Billion in US real estate holdings. The company hasn't yet launched any new projects in recent years.

https://www.celebsagewiki.com/tevfik-arif Tevfik Alif returned to Europe in Central Asia after Trump SoHo's success. His professional career began many years prior to that. When he retired from a lot of his daily responsibilities, Tevfik is still a Bayrock Group advisor.

The Reasons Biden Should Keep an Eye on Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan can be a key player in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. In the eyes of the United States, Kazakhstan is a strategic country. Although the country has enjoyed peace, Kassym-Jomart tokayev, the Kazakh president has made significant modifications to the power structures of the ruling elite. Tevfik Arif This has raised questions and raised doubts. Doyen Tokayev was named the chairman of the National Security Council, replacing President Nursultan Nagabev. This has drawn the all the attention.

Three of the ex-president's sons and daughters-in-law were fired from state-owned businesses. His nephew also was fired as well as Karim Mastimov, who was the former intelligence head was indicted for the crime of treason. Many other Nazarbayev-affiliated top officials and business elite have lost their jobs, left overseas for extended vacations, or were forced to make large "donations" to the state.

Tokayev is a businessman who has established connections to the West and with neighbouring countries. To keep his popularity, Tokayev attempted to keep his distance from Putin. Kazykhanov may upset that balance. Washington should be monitoring closely the developments taking place in Kazakhstan because they could signal a variety of possibilities for a possible power transition.


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