With many loyalists of former Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev falling by the wayside, the latest Majlis podcast looks at the changes the new president, Sooronbai Jeenbekov, has been making to the country's government

We look at new Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeyenbekov’s removal of a series of officials left over from his predecessor’s administration.

On March 15, the presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and the speaker of Turkmenistan’s parliament gathered in Astana for the first Central Asian summit since 1999. It was a friendly meeting. But promises of better ties have been made before.

This week's Majlis Podcast looks at the upcoming summit Central Asian Leaders Summit and the main talking points included: why the meeting is being held now; what the leaders have to discuss, and what they could realistically accomplish at this gathering.