In the history of each country, especially when it enters a new stage of its development, there are moments or points of reference that require a critical look at the path traveled and determine their new beginnings, adhering to the progressive spirit of the era. Here the saying of one of the outstanding sons of the Uzbek people - the writer, educator and a prominent representative of the Jadid movement Abdullah Kadyri - "Looking back into the past, embarking on a new one, is a good deed" involuntarily comes to mind.

Distinguished heads of states and governments!

Dear friends!

I am very pleased to see you in the great city of Samarkand, one of the centers of world civilization, located at the crossroads of the Great Silk Road.

Thanks to an open, proactive and comprehensively thought-out pragmatic foreign policy and dynamic "economic diplomacy", Uzbekistan is strengthening its position in the international arena every day. Having become the organizer and host of such an important event as the SCO summit in Samarkand 15-16 September 2022, this state proved that it was not an ordinary statist of the large-scale and deep transformations taking place in the modern world, but became one of the important subjects of international relations and plays an active, initiatively, and therefore a leading role in a vast region, occupying a worthy place in the world community.