The European Union and the Republic of Uzbekistan held their 15th Cooperation Committee Meeting in Brussels.
The meeting provided an opportunity to reaffirm the joint commitment of the EU and of Uzbekistan to further strengthen bilateral relations. This includes plans to upgrade the existing EU-Uzbekistan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) with a new-generation modern enhanced agreement.
Under its new leadership, Uzbekistan has adopted a positive approach to relations with its neighbours and to international partners. This approach will contribute to enhanced regional stability, prosperity and people-to-people exchanges and allow Uzbekistan and the region to draw the full benefits from new initiatives for sustainable connectivity in Eurasia and provide new opportunities for European businesses.
The EU, for its part, continues to have frequent and intense high-level EU engagement with Uzbekistan and the region, as illustrated by the visit of EU High Representative/Vice-President, Federica Mogherini in November 2017 for the EU-Central Asia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and in March 2018 for an informal ministerial meeting with Central Asian partners and the Tashkent Conference on Afghanistan.
