President receives France’s special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan

UzA, 24 June 2009, 08:43

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov receives France’s special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Pierre Lallouche in Tashkent on 23 June.

The head of the state the meeting was a good opportunity to consider issues of cooperation between Uzbekistan and France in ensuring regional security and stability in Central Asia, as well as settling the situation in Afghanistan.

The sides discussed the efforts of the international community in strengthening stability and development in Afghanistan. In this context, Islam Karimov noted that the Afghan problem could not be solved using military means.

The priority issues to be solved are reconstruction of the economy destroyed by the war, renewal of the communications and social infrastructure, involvement of the Afghan people in this process, reaching internal consensus and strengthening the authorities.

Pierre Lallouche noted that France considered Uzbekistan to be a key partner in Central Asia and was interested in development of mutually beneficial cooperation in all directions.

Islam Karimov and Pierre Lallouche also considered the state and perspectives of Uzbek-French relations in the political, economic and humanitarian sphere, as well as important regional and international problems.

SK

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