Committed to the development of mutually beneficial relations with all foreign partners, Uzbekistan concentrates its main foreign policy efforts on the most important areas identified in the Strategy of Actions for five priority areas of development of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2017-2021.

In June 2020, the Center for Economic Research and Reforms (CERR), with the support of the United Nations Development Program in Uzbekistan (UNDP), conducted a survey of enterprises on the impact of the pandemic and the government’s preventive measures.

An expert videoconference “The Human Dimension in the Relations between the European Union and Uzbekistan: Youth, Exchanges and a Better Life” took place.

Representatives of the Institute of Strategic and Interregional Studies (ISMI) under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan took part in an online expert conference on the topic: “Sino-Uzbek comprehensive strategic partnership in a new context,” correspondent reports.

On July 9, the international videoconference “The Future of Afghanistan: Perspectives from Central Asia and Iran” was held with participation of heads and experts of analytical and research centers of India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.

During the pandemic crisis, both a policy of social sustainability and a policy of economic growth are crucial. In Uzbekistan, the basis for effective crisis management was the adoption of measures on social protection combined with mitigation of the COVID-19 economic consequences.