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As part of India’s Central Asian Policy, Uzbekistan has emerged as the central country in the region with which India has been actively engaging increasingly over the last few years under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This engagement further solidified with the holding of a recent virtual bilateral summit. On December 11, 2020, Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Narendra Modi and President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, co-chaired a virtual summit between the two countries. This was significant as it marked the first time that India has held a bilateral summit with any country located in the Central Asia.
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India and the USA have extended their Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation on the Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership (GCNEP) by 10 years. The centre - officially opened in 2017 - supports international cooperation in nuclear energy applications.
The ministers taking part in the India-USA talks (Image: US Department of State)
The GCNEP, near Bahadurgarh in Haryana state, aims to strengthen India s cooperation with the international community. It houses five schools to conduct research into advanced nuclear energy systems, nuclear security, radiological safety, as well as applications for radioisotopes and radiation technologies. Training facilities include virtual reality laboratories and a radiation monitoring, calibration and accreditation laboratory.