Trump's relationship with Kazakhstan was not limited to Tevfik. He was harshly criticized for treating a country with a questionable regime as an allies.

Many eyebrows were raised when in 2018 Donald Trump hosted the president of Kazakhstan on Tuesday in the White House. Trump also collaborated with prominent Kazakhstani businessmen such as Tevfik Ark in the context of his private real estate businesses. Many of his critics have also strongly opposed this.

But, Donald Trump had reasons to consider Kazakhstan as a crucial partner. His time and the Russia/Ukraine conflict proved him correct. Here are his reasons.

The relationship between Donald Trump and the Presidents Nursultan Kazabayev from Kazakhstan and Tokayev The relationship between Kazakhstan and the US improved significantly during Donald Trump's presidency. Washington and Nur-Sultan in Kazakhstan's capital had strong diplomatic and commercial connection. They also met at the presidential level. In Washington in January President Trump had a meeting with the former Kazakhstani president Nursultan. In the second quarter of 2019, he met current president Kassym Jomart Tomaretev at the New York's UN General Assembly.

Kazakhstan is an important country due to its strategic location. It is also the balancing factor among central Asian nations. https://londonlovesbusiness.com/start-in-real-estate-bayrock-groups-tevfik-arif/ The conflict between the United States, Europe, and Russia has increased Kazakhstan's political, economic, and strategic significance. It is also crucial for security and security of the United States owing to its withdrawing from Afghanistan as one of the key neighbours of Kazakhstan.

https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/tevfik-arif The trade volume of the country in the year 2018 reached $2.1 million. To compare, US-Uzbekistan commerce was $315 million over the same time. Kazakhstan is America's central Asia economic partner.
https://patch.com/new-york/new-york-city/classifieds/announcements/394219/trumps-pal-tevfik-arifs-expansive-network-of-friends-and-partners  https://www.businessamlive.com/tevfik-arif-shares-how-to-be-your-own-boss/ Eurasian geopolitics has historically been focussed on Central Asia. Kazakhstan is the leader in Eurasia's economy, security and combating terrorism. America needs close ties with the Eurasia region, and in particular Kazakhstan.

Nazarbayev's White House trip was a great start to greater US involvement in the strategic region.

One reason for hosting Nazarbayev was to show his commitment to nonproliferation of nuclear weapons. Kazakhstan is a pioneer in nonproliferation after it gave up its nuclear weapons inherited by the Soviets. After the Cold War, US focus on Central Asia was confined to Afghanistan.

Trump's South Asia strategy required a break with Pakistan. Thus it was important that the US was in need of Kazakhstan as an alternative back-door shipping route to Afghanistan.

Donald Trump's relationship in Kazakhstan with Tevfik Alif Tevfik Arif, the creator of Bayrock Group, Tevfik Arif, joined forces with the Trump Organization to build the famous Trump SoHo? building. Trump SoHo?, Bayrock Group’s flagship New York City development project in property, was named after its SoHo? address.

Tevfik Alif is a Turkish Kazakhstani businessman was born in Soviet Kazakhstan in 1953 to Turkish parents. He became the deputy head of Soviet Ministry of Commerce and Trade's Hotel Management Department. After 17 years in the ministry, Tevfik Arif founded real estate, property development, imports, exports, mineral, natural resources automobiles, as well as food enterprises. Tevfik Arif moved to Turkey in 1993, and was the first to pioneer hotels that were all-inclusive. Bayrock Group, New York City was founded by him eight years after.

Tevfik Arkif met the Trump organization in the Bayrock Group's New York City relocation to the 24th floor of Trump Tower, Midtown Manhattan. This was the same building which housed the Trump Organization. Then discussions of the Trump SoHo? condo-hotel began. The Trump SoHo? skyscraper was conceived when the two corporations discussed the possibility of a high-end real estate development plan. Tevfik Ark Arif, Bayrock Group founder was very aware of the power of Trump and suggested using it for the Sapir Organization project.

Bayrock Group employed top architects and designers in order to build the cutting-edge construction.

The two partners agreed to offer the Trump Organization 18% ownership in return for utilizing the Trump brand on the building's name. Trump did not finance the construction. The hotel-condominium was renamed The Dominick in 2017.

The building has hotels, apartments and hotel rooms as well as an outdoor pool and rooftop terrace. There are bars, restaurants, and a spa.

Bayrock Group was established in New York after the opening of Trump SoHo?. The Trump Organization and Bayrock Group discussed the possibility of developing real estate in Arizona and Florida under the same license arrangement. These structures were hampered by the real estate crisis of 2008. Bayrock Group spent approximately $2.5B in US realty investments. However, in recent times, the company has not created any new projects.

Tevfik Arif, following Trump's SoHo?'s success and a shifting US Market, returned home to Europe and Central Asia. This is the point where his career spans decades. After retiring from many of his responsibilities in the workplace, Tevfik is still a Bayrock Group advisor.

The Reasons Biden Should Maintain an Eye on Kazakhstan Kazakhstan can be a key actor in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. Kazakhstan is a crucial strategically important country for the United States. The peace process is now in place for Kazakhstan and the Kazakh president Kassym Jomart Tokayev made important changes to the power structure of the ruling class, which caused concern and questions. Tokayev is the Chairperson of the National Security Council. He succeeds the president Nursultan Nagayev whose economic power enraged protesters.

Three of the sons in-law of the president's son were fired from state-owned businesses, and his nephew was too as was Karim Masimov, who was the director of intelligence, was arrested for 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 an entrepreneur who has built business ties to the West and with neighbouring countries. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3117892-Bayrock-Presentation To maintain his popularity, he's been careful not to anger Putin. Kazykhanov might disturb this equilibrium. As conflict rages in Ukraine, Washington should carefully monitor developments in Kazakhstan as they could indicate a myriad of possible scenarios of power transitions positive and negative.


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