OPEN GATES OF NEW UZBEKISTAN
Recently, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev arrived in the city of Jeddah as part of a state visit to Saudi Arabia. During the meetings of the heads of both countries, issues of further expansion of mutually beneficial ties in the political, trade, economic, tourism, investment, cultural and humanitarian spheres were discussed. One of the important steps in this direction was the introduction of a visa-free regime, for a period of 30 days, entry into Uzbekistan for citizens of Saudi Arabia.
So, what can the citizens of Saudi Arabia expect from Uzbekistan? Below you can find interesting facts about Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan is a country with an ancient history and rich culture. Uzbekistan can offer any tourist the journey of his dreams. In Uzbekistan architectural masterpieces of the centuries-old history of Uzbeks, incredible nature, harmoniously combining mountains, green valleys and hot deserts, countless festivals in every region of our country, gastronomic diversity and culinary delights, ethno-tourist villages can be found here!
ON THE ISSUE OF THE SCO ACTIVITIES IMPROVEMENT
Daniyar Kurbanov,
Acting Director of the Center for International Relations Studies
under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan
During the 21 years of its existence, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has successfully gone through the process of institutional building and formation of mechanisms of multilateral cooperation in priority areas. At the same time, the Organization approaches the Samarkand summit with a clear demand for reform and improvement.
The June 2002 SCO Summit in St. Petersburg saw the signing of an SCO Charter that outlined the Organization's goals and principles, its structure and major activities. Permanent SCO bodies were later established, namely the Secretariat in Beijing and the Regional Antiterrorist Structure in Tashkent. A system of ministerial meetings was formed in the political, security, trade and economic, cultural-humanitarian and other fields.
ON THE FORTHCOMING SCO SUMMIT
Daniyar Kurbanov,
Acting Director of the Center for International Relations Studies
under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan
The 22nd summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization will be held on September 15-16 this year in Samarkand, and will be the largest diplomatic event of the year in Uzbekistan and the Central Asian region. The heads of states and governments of all eight SCO members, three observer states, leaders of invited countries and 10 international organizations are expected to take part in the summit.
The expectations associated with the summit are primarily conditioned by the growing authority, political weight, economic potential and international attractiveness of the Organization.
Today the SCO is not just the largest regional organization occupying 60% of the territory of Eurasia with approximately half of the world's population.
THE SCO SAMARKAND SUMMIT: DIALOGUE AND COOPERATION IN AN INTERCONNECTED WORLD
Uzbekistan’s chairmanship in the SCO has fallen on a dynamic period, fraught with various events and trends – the period of the «historical rift», when one era comes to an end and another begins – thus far unpredictable and unknown.
UZBEKISTAN AND SCO
Anvar NASIROV,
Director of the International Institute for Central Asia
Active and pragmatic foreign policy, pursued under the leadership of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, strengthens the role and authority of the country not only in the region, but also on a global scale, and increases its influence on the international process.
Multilateral collaboration with international and regional organizations, in particular, Uzbekistan’s participation in the activities of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, is of particular importance.
The transfer of the chairmanship of the Organization to Uzbekistan for 2021-2022 has become a logical continuation of our active and open foreign policy, implemented over the past 6 years.
