Nationalism is the belief that groups of people are bound together by territorial, cultural and ethnic links.

There is no conclusive evidence of any ethnic or historic links between the two states.

Turkey has sought to capitalize on its cultural and ethnic links to the region and has found Kyrgyzstan receptive to cultivating bilateral relations.

Close cultural, ethnic and historical links exist between Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.

In this case it would probably have become part of Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia, with which it shares strong cultural and ethnic links.

Russia is allied with Armenia, and Turkey has strong ethnic links with Azerbaijan.

There are various hypotheses about the language and ethnic links of the Xianbei:

North Ossetia maintains strong ethnic links with the territory.

Balochistan also shares similar demographics with Afghanistan and a large number of the refugees have hence migrated into the province based on ethnic links.

If they must be accommodated somewhere, they should be placed in countries with which they have the closest ethnic, cultural or religious links.