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    Kazakhstan Transnational Issues - 2006
    http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/kazakhstan/kazakhstan_issues.html
    SOURCE: 2006 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Disputes - international:
      in 2005, Kazakhstan agreed with Russia, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan to commence demarcating their boundaries; delimitation with Kyrgyzstan is complete; creation of a seabed boundary with Turkmenistan in the Caspian Sea remains unresolved; equidistant seabed treaties have been ratified with Azerbaijan and Russia in the Caspian Sea, but no resolution has been made on dividing the water column among any of the littoral states

      Refugees and internally displaced persons:
      refugees (country of origin): 13,684 (Russia) (2005)

      Illicit drugs:
      significant illicit cultivation of cannabis for CIS markets, as well as limited cultivation of opium poppy and ephedra (for the drug ephedrine); limited government eradication of illicit crops; transit point for Southwest Asian narcotics bound for Russia and the rest of Europe


      NOTE: The information regarding Kazakhstan on this page is re-published from the 2006 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Kazakhstan Transnational Issues 2006 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Kazakhstan Transnational Issues 2006 should be addressed to the CIA.

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