The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan took part in the CIS summit

On October 8, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev took part in a regular meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the press service of the head of our state reports.

The summit, chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin, was attended by President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov, President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, as well as CIS Secretary General Sergei Lebedev.

In accordance with the agenda, an exchange of views on the state and prospects for the development of multifaceted relations took place, and topical issues of practical cooperation within the CIS were discussed.

In his speech, the head of our state highly praised the results of Russia’s chairmanship of the Commonwealth, during which multilateral cooperation developed in all areas.

Particular attention was paid to the current situation related to ensuring security and sustainable development of the CIS countries.

The importance of establishing systemic interaction between special services and competent agencies of the CIS countries, improving methods of combating modern challenges, taking coordinated measures in the field of ensuring cybersecurity, as well as program documents was noted.

Strengthening joint work in the economic area of ​​cooperation was designated as a priority.

The trade turnover of Uzbekistan with the CIS countries has grown by 16 percent since the beginning of the year. There are many examples of successful industrial cooperation.

The need to intensify the activities of industry councils and committees of the CIS was noted.

It was proposed to hold a meeting of the CIS Economic Council and the Innovative Development Forum within the framework of the International Industrial Exhibition “Innoprom” in Tashkent next spring.

Taking into account the results of the recent Tashkent Conference of Leading Analytical Centers of the CIS countries, the importance of supporting new priorities of long-term partnership was emphasized.

In particular, the discussion concerns the development of Internet technologies and the “big data” industry, accelerated implementation of digital solutions, creative economy, green energy and nuclear technologies, climate challenges and others.

In this context, it was proposed to make meetings of experts and analysts of the CIS countries regular and to hold the next conference in the city of Samarkand, devoting it to the development of artificial intelligence.

In order to expand humanitarian exchanges, it was proposed to hold Days of Culture of the Commonwealth states. Along with this, the need to prepare an annual program of joint events in the fields of healthcare, education, art, cinema, tourism and sports was emphasized.

The implementation of projects within the framework of declaring Samarkand and Tashkent the cultural and youth capitals of the Commonwealth, respectively, was noted with satisfaction.

In addition, open CIS chess and football cups among youth teams will be held in Uzbekistan.

In conclusion, the President of Uzbekistan congratulated the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon on assuming the chairmanship of the Organization in 2025.

Following the summit, a number of agreements and decisions were adopted on priority areas of cooperation within the CIS.