Tajikistan, Uzbekistan experts meet in Dushanbe

Dushanbe hosted a scientific-practical conference “New growth points for further enhancing and strengthening cooperation between the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Republic of Tajikistan”.

The forum was attended by leading experts from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, including the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Center for Economic Research and Reforms under the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Experts from the Center for Geopolitical Research, the Institute of Language and Literature, the Institute of Philosophy, Political Science and Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan and others attended the event from the Tajik side.

The First Deputy Director of the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Akramjon Nematov emphasized that contacts between the expert communities of the two countries are becoming regular. This, in his words, is important for strengthening mutual understanding and trust between neighboring states.

The expert emphasized that the conference, which is held on the eve of the official visit of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Tajikistan, will become an important contribution to saturating the agenda of practical cooperation between the two countries.

The expert emphasized that 62 joint documents, plans, programs, memorandums, contracts and agreements were signed in 5 years. This is almost 40% of all joint documents that have been adopted over the past 30 years (165).

The conference was organized by the International Institute for Central Asia jointly with the Center for Strategic Research under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan. The participants discussed issues of enhancing relations in new conditions.

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