On March 2, Special Representative of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev met with the UNHCR Representative for Central Asia Hans Friedrich Schodder, Uzbekistan MFA reports.

The parties considered the current state and prospects of cooperation between Uzbekistan and the UNHCR in the Afghan direction.

Hans Friedrich Schodder highly appreciated Uzbekistan's efforts to establish long-term and sustainable peace in Afghanistan.

The need for intensifying cooperation in providing humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people was noted.

The UNHCR Representative expressed gratitude to the leadership of Uzbekistan for assistance in creating a multifunctional transport and logistics hub in Termez to provide humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan. In this regard, the possibility of expanded use of this hub as the main transit point for humanitarian supplies to assist UNHCR operations not only in Afghanistan, but also in Iran and Central Asia was discussed.

UzA