Uzbekistan will continue to pursue an active agenda of developing constructive and practical cooperation at the international and regional level in countering terrorism and other destructive threats. Over the past few years, Uzbekistan has significantly stepped up its counterterrorism activities at the international and regional level, building a strategy of openness for cooperation in countering the common threats .
by Eldor TULYAKOV
Executive Director of the Development Strategy Center
Uzbekistan’s reform agenda’s sudden trajectory focusing on political and socio-economic development brought a welcome surprise to much of the world community in 2016. Newly elected President Shavkat Mirziyoyev quickly initiated policies based upon the principles of pragmatism and transparency a shift well received by foreign governments, international
organizations, and citizens alike and viewed as a watershed change in a country largely closed to the outsideworld since independence in 1991.
A new vision of what will define Uzbekistan for future generations emerged, new horizons that will bring long-sought-after potential and opportunities to its people.1