On July 1, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a meeting with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres with his official visit to the country in Kuksaroy.

At the beginning of the conversation, the UN Secretary General expressed deep gratitude to the leader of our country for the invitation to visit Uzbekistan and for the warm welcome.

After warmly welcoming the high-ranking guest, the head of our state noted that the second visit of  A. Guterres to our republic is a confirmation of the full support of the UN for the irreversible reforms implemented within the framework of the "Uzbekistan-2030" strategy.

During the negotiations, the issues of ensuring global and regional peace, stability and consistent development, further expansion of multifaceted cooperation between Uzbekistan and the UN, implementation of joint projects aimed at achieving the goals of sustainable development were discussed.

The rapid pace and unprecedented high level of cooperation was noted with great satisfaction.

140 joint programs and projects are being successfully implemented. In the following years, 10 special resolutions of the UN General Assembly were adopted at the initiative of Uzbekistan.

Since the beginning of the year, five Deputy Secretary Generals of the UN have visited Uzbekistan. Last month, our country was elected to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the Administrative Council of the International Labor Organization. The representative of Uzbekistan became a member of the UN Human Rights Committee for the first time. The representative office of another UN special institution - the International Fund for Agricultural Development - has started working in Tashkent.

Major international events on the global agenda, including food security, tourism development, combating poverty and climate change, and protecting biodiversity, are being held jointly. Next year, the 43rd general conference of UNESCO will be held in Samarkand.

Opinions were also exchanged on issues of international and regional importance. The head of our state expressed his firm support for the Secretary General's initiatives to ensure international security and stability, reform the UN and its main bodies, and hold the Future Summit in New York this year.

Development of interdependence in the region in terms of transport, issues of cooperation in food, energy and information security were discussed.

The situation in Afghanistan was discussed, and the need to expand humanitarian aid to the Afghan people and develop a general strategy of the world community towards this country was emphasized.

At the end of the meeting, an agreement was reached on the joint development of Uzbekistan's program of cooperation with the UN on Sustainable Development Goals in 2026-2030.