Fourth Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia

The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, speaking at the Fourth Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia, at the beginning of his speech expressed gratitude to the President of Kyrgyzstan for the warm welcome and excellent organization of the summit.

Also, the head of our people greeted the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, who is participating in the Consultative Meeting for the first time.

"As has been repeatedly noted today, thanks to the established dialogue in this format, we have managed to strengthen relations of friendship and good neighborliness, to create a completely new atmosphere of constructive cooperation in the region.

We are consistently solving the difficult tasks of ensuring security and stability, sustainable socio-economic development of Central Asia.

On this path, many barriers were removed, conditions were created for the free movement of our citizens, active cultural and tourist exchanges.

A favorable environment has been formed that promotes the growth of mutual trade and investment.

In the last five years alone, the volume of intra-regional trade has doubled.

We have also started implementing joint industrial cooperation projects, creating efficient value chains, and developing transport and energy infrastructure.

The most important thing is that our fraternal peoples feel all these positive changes," said Shavkat Mirziyoyev.