CONTENTS
OPENING OF THE MEETING ........................................................................................................... 4
Opening statement of the Director of Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies
Vladimir Norov ................................................................................................................................ 4
Opening statement of Regional Director of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Uzbekistan and
Kazakhstan Henriette Kiefer......................................................................................................... 9
Opening statement of the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan Dilshod
Akhatov ........................................................................................................................................ 11
Opening statement of UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative for the
Republic of Uzbekistan Helena Fraser......................................................................................... 15
Opening statement of OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, Ambassador John MacGregor 17
FIRST PLENARY SESSION: “REGIONAL INITIATIVES OF UZBEKISTAN AND THE ROLE OF
GERMANY IN ENSURING SECURITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF CENTRAL ASIA” .... 18
Statement of Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office Niels Annen ................................. 18
Statement of the Head of Department of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of
Uzbekistan Nodir Ganiev ............................................................................................................. 25
Statement of head of the ISRS Center Bakhtiyor Mustafayev.................................................... 27
SECOND PLENARY SESSION: "PROSPECTS FOR THE EXPANSION OF MULTI-FACETED UZBEK-
GERMAN COOPERATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE NEW EUROPEAN STRATEGY IN CENTRAL
ASIA" ............................................................................................................................................. 34
Statement of the Head of the Department of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of
Uzbekistan Nodir Jumaniyozov .................................................................................................... 34
Statement of the Deputy of the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of
Uzbekistan Kodirjon Juraev ......................................................................................................... 37
Statement of ISRS’ Deputy Director Batir Tursunov ................................................................... 40
Statement of the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Adkham Ikramov ...... 44
CLOSING STATEMENTS OF ROUND TABLE .................................................................................. 46
Closing statement of Regional Director of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Uzbekistan and
Kazakhstan Henriette Kiefer....................................................................................................... 46
Closing statement of the Director of Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies
Vladimir Norov .............................................................................................................................. 47
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS OF THE ROUND TABLE ON “UZBEKISTAN AND GERMANY: COOPERATION
IN THE FIELD OF SECURITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL ASIA” .................. 51
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