Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, at the invitation of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, will take part in the next Consultative meeting of the heads of state of Central Asia on 5-6 August this year, which will be held in the national tourist zone Avaza (Turkmenistan).
The event, which will be chaired by the head of Turkmenistan, will also be attended by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov and the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.
The heads of states will consider the results of the implementation of the agreements of the Consultative Meeting held in Tashkent in November 2019.
The agenda also includes issues of stable and sustainable development in the region, increasing trade, creating favorable conditions for partnership in the energy sector, expanding cooperation in the transport and communications field, consolidating efforts to combat the pandemic, and others.
It is expected that in his speech, the leader of Uzbekistan will voice a number of initiatives aimed at further strengthening relations of friendship and good-neighborliness, mutual trust and support, and will outline new promising areas of regional interaction based on common long-term interests.
As a result of the summit, important multilateral documents will be adopted, including the Joint Statement of the Heads of State.
It is envisaged that the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan will also hold bilateral meetings with the heads of state of Central Asia.
Within the framework of the Consultative Meeting program, it is planned to hold a meeting of the Dialogue of Women Leaders, the Economic Forum of Central Asia, an exhibition of national goods, a festival of dishes of national cuisines, as well as a gala concert of art masters from the countries of the region.
It should be noted that the initiative to hold consultative meetings was put forward by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2017 during his participation in the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly.
The first summit of the heads of state was held in March 2018 in the capital of Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan, and the second in November 2019 in the city of Tashkent.
