The event was attended by co-chairs and members of Caucus on Uzbekistan in the U.S. Congress Vicente Gonzalez, Trent Kelly, Don Bacon, Michael Guest, as well as congressmen Jennifer Gonzalez-Colon (Puerto Rico), Sheila Jackson Lee (Texas) and Buddy Carter (Georgia). It was also attended by representatives of Humpty-Dumpty Institute, which organizes annual visits of congressmen abroad, Open World Center, which annually conducts programs for organizing study trips of Uzbekistan parliamentarians to the United States, and Congressional Research Service at Capitol Hill Library.

The Uzbek side was represented by the First Deputy Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis Sodik Safoyev, as well as other members of the Senate and deputies of the Legislative Chamber.

The American side was informed about the results of reforms in Uzbekistan under the leadership of the Head of the state and provided detailed information about prospects for developing comprehensive Uzbekistan – American cooperation in politics, economy and security and inter-parliamentary interaction. Special attention was paid to implementation of legislative reforms after the parliamentary elections.

Participants of the event were also informed about measures being taken to ensure macroeconomic stability, trouble-free operation of industries and sectors of the economy and effective social support for the population during the global pandemic.

Following the event, agreements were reached on organizing a visit of American lawmakers to Uzbekistan in autumn, taking active measures to broadening the composition of the delegation.

A temporary waiver is now being applied from the amendment with respect to Uzbekistan, which is subject to annual review during hearings in the U.S. Congress.