Baku ( WNAM MONITORING): “In recent years, Uzbek-Azerbaijani relations have been developing dynamically in a spirit of mutual trust and support. A Treaty on Allied Relations has been signed, and the Supreme Interstate Council is actively functioning,” said President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev in his address to the participants of the High-Level Meeting titled “Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Europe – Cooperation for Common Development.”
“I would like to particularly highlight that Azerbaijan serves as a strategic bridge linking Central Asia and Europe,” the President noted.
“Together with the European Union and other partners, we will continue to work purposefully on developing efficient transport, logistics, and energy corridors,” he mentioned.
“I am convinced that these efforts will revive the role of our region as a hub between West and East,” the President of Uzbekistan emphasized.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hailed the readiness of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to contribute to the development of a new regional processes and his tireless efforts to strengthen the interaction between the South Caucasus and Central Asia. “Availing this opportunity, we once again sincerely congratulate the friendly people of Azerbaijan on their great historic achievement – the recent signing in Washington, with the mediation of the United States, of the Trilateral Joint Declaration with Armenia,” President Mirziyoyev said.
Noting that today Uzbekistan is resolutely advancing its dynamic reforms, and along this path has already achieved tremendous results, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev stated: “In these extraordinarily difficult times, Uzbekistan and the Central Asian region offer the international community an invaluable resource – stability, trust, and development.”
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev particularly underlined the important role of the Nizami Ganjavi International Center in preserving and widely popularizing the unique intellectual and creative legacy of the great Azerbaijani thinker Nizami Ganjavi.
“The active engagement of the Nizami Ganjavi Center in addressing pressing issues of the international agenda also deserves special recognition. The annual Global Baku Forum, held under its auspices, has become one of the world’s most respected dialogue platforms, where new ideas are advanced to resolve the most urgent challenges of international and regional development,” the President mentioned.
“We regard today’s forum as a unique opportunity to introduce Central Asia more broadly to the world – a region where consolidation and cooperation are gaining momentum – to exchange views on strengthening interregional connectivity and on fully realizing the potential of Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan,” President Shavkat Mirziyoyev added.
