Statement of ISRS’ Deputy Director
Batir Tursunov
Ladies and gentlemen,
Participants and guests of today's event!
The modern world has entered a difficult period of profound transformation of the
system of international relations. New challenges and threats to international and regional
security are growing. The conflicts in different regions of the world are aggravated, as well as
uncertainty, turbulence and imbalances in the global economy.
All these trends dictate the need to formulate new tasks in the domestic and foreign
policies of states, regardless of their geographical location, level of development or cultural
and civilizational affiliation. In this context, Uzbekistan is no exception.
Priorities in domestic policy.
After overcoming the difficult historical period of state formation, Uzbekistan has
entered in a new stage of building a dynamically developing modern state with a strong civil
society and market economy. Based on the objectives and the tasks of the country's internal
development, the following priorities are defined:
ensuring the rule of law, reforming the judicial and legal system, strengthening the
independence of the judiciary and guaranteeing the reliable protection of citizens' rights and
freedoms;
liberalization of the economy, structural reforms, reduction of the state's presence in the
economy, protection of private property, stimulation of small and medium-sized enterprises,
attraction of foreign investments and high technologies;
increase of employment and real incomes of the population, modernization of the social
protection system, improvement of the state youth policy;
ensuring security, interethnic accord and religious tolerance, creating security belt
around Uzbekistan, stability and good-neighborliness, strengthening the country's international
image.
According to a number of foreign experts, the launch of the "Strategy for Action", in fact,
marked the completion of the post-Soviet period of Uzbekistan’s development. The large-scale
reforms initiated by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev found complete public support and became
irreversible.
As most observers note, the changes in Uzbekistan have a positive impact on
strengthening security in Central Asia. And this is natural: Uzbekistan is a country, which has
almost half of the population of Central Asia and borders all the states of the region, including
Afghanistan.
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