On May 21, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev took part in the informal summit of the Organization of Turkic States, held in Budapest, the press service of the head of our state reports.
The event, chaired by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, was also attended by President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov, President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as well as Secretary General of the Organization of Turkic States Kubanychbek Omuraliev.
In accordance with the agenda, an exchange of views took place on the state and prospects of multifaceted cooperation within the Organization, and topical issues of practical interaction were discussed.
At the beginning of his speech, the head of Uzbekistan gave a deep assessment of the development of the situation in the world, characterized by the intensification of geopolitical and geo-economic contradictions, the aggravation of regional conflicts and the negative consequences of climate change.
The President noted the importance of strengthening the common approaches and positions of the Organization’s states in solving current international problems, relying primarily on the norms of international law and the UN Charter.
Touching upon the issues of developing practical cooperation within the Organization of Turkic States, the leader of Uzbekistan pointed out the existence of enormous untapped potential and made a number of new proposals.
In political terms, the relevance of signing the Treaty on Strategic Partnership, Eternal Friendship and Brotherhood of the Turkic States, initiated by the Uzbek side, was emphasized. Confidence was expressed that this document would serve to further bring peoples closer together and strengthen the long-term legal framework for multilateral cooperation.
The President paid special attention to the development of trade, economic, investment, transport and communications cooperation. Thus, in order to increase the share of mutual trade in the total foreign trade turnover of the Organization’s countries, it was proposed to create an online platform “TURK-TRADE” and adopt a Practical Program to increase trade turnover.
In order to ensure the growth of cargo transportation volumes along the Trans-Caspian International Corridor and simplify customs and border procedures, the head of Uzbekistan called for the speedy introduction of the “single window” and “green corridors” systems along this route. In order to expand cooperation in this area, an International Forum of Turkic States on Multimodal Transport and Logistics is planned to be held in Tashkent in November this year.
While welcoming the establishment of the Turkic Investment Fund, the President also emphasized the importance of creating a Joint Venture Company to support innovative projects and a single portal where investment opportunities of the Organization’s member countries will be presented.
In order to increase cooperation in the field of industrial cooperation, it was proposed to develop a special program to create large production capacities in the chemical, energy, mining, light, pharmaceutical, leather and footwear, food and construction industries.
Touching upon the climate agenda, the head of our state noted with satisfaction that during the International Climate Forum recently held in Samarkand, a number of important initiatives were put forward to strengthen global and regional cooperation in the field of “green” development. The initiative of the Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban to launch the Institute for Drought Prevention in Budapest was supported.
In order to facilitate its activities and wider involvement in target projects, it was proposed to develop a joint “road map” for the prevention of drought and environmental problems.
The President of Uzbekistan paid special attention to the development of cooperation in the fields of science, culture and education. It was emphasized that the opening of the International University of Turkic States in Tashkent will be a worthy contribution to the implementation of educational programs and the training of talented youth of the Organization’s member countries.
The leader of Uzbekistan also proposed to develop proposals to improve the activities and structure of the International Organization of Turkic Culture – TURKSOY, as well as to hold the next meeting of the Council of the Turkic Culture Fund in Uzbekistan.
At the end of his speech, the President of Uzbekistan congratulated the outstanding Turkish scientist, biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate Aziz Sanjar on being awarded the Alisher Navoi International Prize.
Following the summit, the Budapest Declaration was adopted, as well as a number of other documents on priority areas of cooperation.
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