Uzbekistan has been carrying out reforms on the principle of "human interests above all else" and ensuring proper protection of human rights. Thus, the country has identified human rights protection as one of the priority areas.

Over the past years, under the leadership of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, comprehensive measures of unprecedented scale and significance have been carried out in the field of solving environmental problems. Measures to solve problems associated with the consequences of the drying up of the Aral Sea are outlined as the most important priorities in this direction.

Uzbekistan's reform agenda's sudden trajectory focusing on political and socio-economic development brought a welcome surprise to much of the world community in 2016.

Further dynamic development of friendly and good-neighborly relations with Kyrgyzstan remains one of the main priorities of Uzbekistan's foreign policy, Ramziddin Gulyamov, a leading researcher at the International Institute of Central Asia (IICA), said in an interview with “Dunyo” IA.

It should be noted that today in Uzbekistan the foundation is being laid for a new revival - the Third Renaissance. In this sense, a number of practical measures are being taken in Uzbekistan today as a result of the reforms being carried out in all spheres.

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President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov have met in Ashgabat.

Over the past 4 years, Uzbekistan under the leadership of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has been carrying out systemic reforms aimed at liberalizing and modernizing the national economy, ensuring its sustainable development and consistent integration into world economic relations. Improving the competitiveness of manufactured products and the country's export potential are identified as the most important priorities in this direction.

Expanding multifaceted interaction with the Russian Federation is one of the most important strategic directions of Uzbekistan’s foreign policy. These days, the countries mark the 29th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. Today we can confidently state that Tashkent and Moscow are time-tested friends, strategic partners and allies.