Khiva hosted the Second Inter-Parliamentary Forum of Central Asian States.

The forum was attended by heads of parliaments and delegations from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, including representatives of youth parliaments and friendship groups, responsible heads of local government authorities, and media workers.

At the beginning of the event, the Chairperson of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis Tanzila Narbayeva read out the greeting of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, to the participants.

Mrs. Narbayeva noted that interparliamentary cooperation is crucial for effectively implementing high-level agreements reached by the leaders of Central Asian countries and further developing cooperation formats.

The Chairperson of the Senate made several proposals to enhance interparliamentary cooperation. After that, the heads of delegations addressed the event and spoke about the forum’s importance, expected results, goals, and objectives.

The event continued its work within the framework of four panel sessions. New forms and directions of interparliamentary cooperation between the Central Asian states were developed, appeals from youth parliaments and friendship groups of the Central Asian states to the heads of parliaments were listened to, and recommendations were developed to enhance the role of women and youth in the socio-economic development of countries.

Following the forum, the Khiva Declaration was adopted, which serves as a basis for cooperation and coordination of efforts within the framework of interparliamentary initiatives of the Central Asian States.

Norgul Abduraimova, UzA