On 15 June 2021, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Gayrat Fazilov met with Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (RBEC) Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, Uzbekistan MFA reports.

The parties exchanged views on the state and prospects of further development of cooperation between Uzbekistan and UNDP.

UN Assistant Administrator highly appreciated the efforts of the UN, including the UNDP, aimed at assisting in solving environmental problems.

The parties noted with satisfaction the unanimous adoption of the UN General Assembly Resolution on declaring the Aral Sea region a zone of environmental innovations and technologies, forwarded by the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev. In this context, the need for intensifying joint efforts to mitigate the consequences of the drying up of the Aral Sea was noted.

The schedule of the upcoming bilateral joint events at various levels was discussed.

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