Within the framework of the Eighth Ministerial Conference of the “Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process”, a trilateral meeting took place between the heads of delegations of Uzbekistan, the USA and Afghanistan.
At the meeting, Uzbekistan was represented by the President’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev, the United States — Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of South and Central Alice Wells and Afghanistan — Acting Foreign Minister Idris Zaman.
According to the Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan, during a trilateral meeting, the parties discussed issues of expanding trade between the countries of Central Asia and Afghanistan, cooperation in promoting the socio-economic development of the neighboring country, as well as involving the IRA in regional integration processes.
“The parties agreed to make these tripartite consultations permanent in order to discuss ways of cooperation to further deepen Uzbek-Afghan relations, as well as to consider possibilities for material and technical stimulation of specific projects in the process of this interaction,” the Foreign Ministry noted.
