Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The 13th Summit of Women Speakers and the 5th World Conference of Speakers of Parliaments, organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in cooperation with the UN and the Austrian Parliament, are being held in the Austrian capital these days.

A parliamentary delegation headed by the Chairman of the Senate Tanzila Narbaeva is taking part in them from the Uzbek side.

On 6 September, the head of the Senate met with the Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union M. Chungong. The most priority issues on the agenda of interaction between Uzbekistan and the said Organization were discussed there.

The General Secretary of the Ministry of Railways highly appreciated the reforms carried out on the initiative of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, aimed at further strengthening the role of parliament and political parties in deepening democratic reforms and modernizing the country. He expressed support for the priorities of the state policy of the republic to ensure the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of women, to strengthen their role in public and state life.

As you know, the next 14th Summit of Women Speakers of Parliaments for the first time in the history of Central Asian countries will be held in our country in 2022. It was emphasized that the organization of this event can be considered as a recognition of the achievements of the Uzbek side in the field of ensuring gender balance. During the meeting, an agreement was reached on establishing close cooperation between the Senate of the Oliy Majlis and the Secretariat of the IPU on holding the summit at the highest organizational and substantive level.

According to M. Chungong, the successful holding in June of this year in Bukhara, the International Forum of Interparliamentary Global Cooperation in the Implementation of the SDGs, as well as the Bukhara Declaration adopted as a result of it, will serve a more inclusive, open and transparent implementation of the sustainable development agenda with the direct involvement of legislative bodies in these processes.

The head of the Inter-Parliamentary Union confirmed the readiness of the Organization to continue to provide all necessary assistance to the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan in the successful implementation of reforms to further strengthen the role of parliament in the country's public life, address the most important socio-economic, political and legal tasks.