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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Tashkent, November 16 (Xinhua) — The 7th Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia was held in Tashkent under the chairmanship of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The Uzbek president's press service reported this on Sunday.
The summit was also attended by the presidents of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, as well as the head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia Kakha Imnadze.
The meeting discussed issues of further strengthening regional cooperation and implementing joint projects and initiatives in priority areas.
The President of Uzbekistan gave a brief assessment of integration processes in the region in recent years. He emphasized that, thanks to open dialogue and active joint efforts, effective solutions have been found to a number of pressing regional issues.
"The region is rapidly integrating into the global economy: its investment attractiveness is growing, export opportunities to third-country markets are expanding, and transit potential is expanding. Last year, mutual trade between the region's countries reached $10.7 billion, and total investment in Central Asia increased by 17 percent," the press service stated.
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