On October 17, ISRS hosted a meeting with experts from the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade (IFAT) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary with the participation of the Deputy Director of the Institute Tamás Péter Baranyi and Chief Advisor, Senior Research Fellow László Vasa.

The main themes of the meeting were the prospects for the development of relations between Uzbekistan and Hungary, cooperation within the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) and strengthening the role of think tanks of the two countries in this process.

The participants of the discussion highly appreciated the current state of relations between Uzbekistan and Hungary, brought in 2021 to the level of strategic partnership. “In recent years, interest in Central Asia has increased in Hungary, especially Uzbekistan, which is considered a long-term and key partner in the region”, Tamás Péter Baranyi said.

The parties also discussed multifaceted interaction within the framework of the OTS on the eve of the first summit of the organization at the highest level, which will be held in Samarkand on November 11 this year. The Hungarian side emphasized that the Turkic-speaking states play an important role in Hungary’s strategy of “Opening to the East”, and Budapest, as an observer country, pays special attention to fruitful cooperation with all the states of the Organization.

ISRS and IFAT experts expressed their mutual readiness to establish a regular dialogue, allowing for an exchange of views on all areas of bilateral relations to fully unlock the existing potential of interaction.

UzA