Laos–Turkey relations
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Laos–Turkey relations are the foreign
Diplomatic relations
Diplomatic relations between Turkey and Laos became tense[2] in early 1980s following the United States accusation that Laos used chemical weapons—yellow rain[2]— against Hmong villages. Relations warmed when the United States scientific personnel in Bangkok failed[2] to present any evidence to support this contention.
Following the improvement in bilateral relations, Turkey established a significant economic aid relationship with Laos.[3] In the 1992 Laos Roundtable for bilateral aid and pledges, Turkey[4]— along with Australia and Japan— pledged US$135 million[4] to eight different projects including the Friendship Bridge[4] over the Mekong River at Nong Khai. The bridge opened in April 1994.[5]
In addition to the pledge of US$4.5 million in economic aid in 1992, Turkey has been hosting more than 100 Laotian university students.[5]
Economic relations
- Trade volume between the two countries was 2.88 million USD in 2015 (Turkish exports/imports: 1.44/1.48 million USD).[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Relations between Turkey and Laos". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey.
- ^ a b c Robinson, Julian, Jeanne Guillemin, and Matthew Meselson. "Yellow Rain: The Story Collapses," Foreign Policy, No. 68, Fall 1987, pp. 100-17.
- ^ Evans, Grant. "Planning Problems in Peripheral Socialism: The Case of Laos." pp. 84-130 in Joseph Zasloff and Leonard Unger (eds.), Laos: Beyond the Revolution. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991.
- ^ a b c Radetzki, Marcus. "From Communism to Capitalism in Laos: The Legal Dimension," Asian Survey, 34, No. 9, September 1994, pp. 799-806.
- ^ a b Brown, MacAlister. "Laos: Bottoming Out," Current History, 82, No. 483, April 1998, pp. 154-57, 180-82.
- ^ "Turkey-Laos Bilateral Economic and Commercial Relations". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey.
Further reading
- American Friends Service Committee. Annual Reports, 1990-93. Philadelphia: 1990-94.
- Amnesty International. Background Paper on the Democratic People's Republic of Laos Describing Current Amnesty International Concerns. (AI 26/04/85.) New York: April 1985.
- Asia Yearbook, 1990. Hong Kong: Far Eastern Economic Review, 1990. "Birth Commemorated in Vientiane, Souphanouvong Speech," Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Daily Report: Asia and Pacific. January 18, 1977.
- Brown, MacAlister. "Anatomy of a Border Dispute: Laos and Thailand," Pacific Focus [Inchon], 11 No. 2, 1987, pp. 5–30.
- Brown, MacAlister, and Joseph Zasloff. Apprentice Revolutionaries: The Communist Movement in Laos, 1930–85. Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 1986.
- Brown, MacAlister. "Laos: Bottoming Out," Current History, 82, No. 483, April 1998, pp. 154–57, 180–82.
- Brown, MacAlister. "Laos in 1975: People's Democratic Revolution-Lao Style," Asian Survey, 16, No. 2, February 1976, pp. 193–99.
- Butwell, Richard. "From Feudalism to Communism in Laos," Current History, 69, No. 411, December 1975, pp. 223–26, 246.
- Chi Do Pham (ed.). Economic Reforms in the Laos PDR: Current Trends and Perspectives. Vientiane: International Monetary Fund, April 1992.
- Cordell, Helen (comp.). Laos. (World Bibliographical Series, No. 133.) Oxford, United Kingdom: Clio Press, 1991.
- Dore, Amphay. "The Three Revolutions in Laos." pp. 101–15 in Martin Stuart-Fox (ed.), Contemporary Laos: Studies in the Politics and Society of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1982.
- Evans, Grant. "Planning Problems in Peripheral Socialism: The Case of Laos." pp. 84–130 in Joseph Zasloff and Leonard Unger (eds.), Laos: Beyond the Revolution. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991.
- Evans, Grant, and Kelvin Rowley. "Laos: The Eclipse of 'Neutralist' Communism." pp. 59–80 in Red Brotherhood at War: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos since 1975. London: Verso, 1990.
- Evans, Grant. Lao Peasants under Socialism. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990.
- Halpern, Joel Martin. Government, Politics, and Social Structure of Laos: A Study in Tradition and Innovation. Christiansburg, Virginia: Dalley Book Service, 1990.
- Norindr, Chou. "Political Institutions of the Lao People's Democratic Republic." Pages 39–61 in Martin Stuart-Fox (ed.), Contemporary Laos: Studies in the Politics and Society of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1982.
- Radetzki, Marcus. "From Communism to Capitalism in Laos: The Legal Dimension," Asian Survey, 34, No. 9, September 1994, pp. 799–806.
- Robinson, Julian, Jeanne Guillemin, and Matthew Meselson. "Yellow Rain: The Story Collapses," Foreign Policy, No. 68, Fall 1987, pp. 100–17.
- Sarasin Viraphol. "Reflections on Thai-Lao Relations," Asian Survey, 25, No. 12, December 1985, pp. 1260–76.
- Stuart-Fox, Martin (ed.). Contemporary Laos: Studies in the Politics and Society of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1982.
- Stuart-Fox, Martin. "Laos in 1988: In Pursuit of New Directions," Asian Survey, 29, No. 1, January 1989, pp. 81–88.
- Stuart-Fox, Martin. Laos: Politics, Economics, and Society. London: Frances Pinter, 1986.
- Toye, Hugh. Laos: Buffer State or Battleground. London: Oxford University Press, 1968.
- United Nations Development Programme. Development Cooperation: Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1990 Report. Vientiane: 1991.
- Wurfel, David, and Bruce Barton. The Political Economy of Foreign Policy in Southeast Asia. London: Macmillan, 1990.
- Zasloff, Joseph J., and MacAlister Brown. Communist Indochina and U.S. Foreign Policy: Postwar Realities. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1978.
- Zasloff, Joseph J., and MacAlister Brown. "Laos: Coping with Confinement." pp. 211–28 in Southeast Asian Affairs, 1982. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1982.