Uzbekistan – Kazakhstan Talks: Key Outcomes

08 Aug 2024

Following the first meeting of the High-level Inter-state Council, a ceremony was held to sign bilateral documents.

The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a Joint Statement, as well as decisions of the High Inter-state Council on the approval of the Program of Strategic Partnership and Alliance for 2024-2034 years and establishment of the Council of Foreign Ministers.

As part of the visit, a package of documents covering a wide range of bilateral cooperation issues was adopted, in particular:

– Intergovernmental agreement on the regime of the state border;

– Protocols for the amendment of intergovernmental agreements on crossing points of state borders and international road traffic;

– Intergovernmental plan of activities for cultural and humanitarian cooperation for 2024-2025;

– Agreement on cooperation in the field of agriculture;

– Agreement on cooperation in the field of health;

– Protocol on cooperation between the Ministries of economy;

– Protocols on cooperation in the field of regulation of natural monopolies and competition policy;

– Memorandum on the establishment of the Uzbek-Kazakh Expert Council;

– Agreement on the Mutual understanding between the Committee for Inter-national Relations and Friendly Relations of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Otandastar Foundation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

– Plan of practical actions for the expansion of cooperation between the Khokimiyat of the city of Tashkent and the Akimat of the city of Astana in the trade-economic, investment and cultural-humanitarian spheres for 2024-2026.

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