Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will take part as a guest in the extraordinary summit of the Heads of State of the CSTO, the press service of the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

According to the Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan, the summit will be held on 23 August 2021 in the format of a video conference.

Mirziyoyev will take part in the summit taking into account the evolving situation in Afghanistan, as well as in order to better familiarize himself with the measures taken by the closest partner countries and immediate neighbors in the region in terms of responding to possible challenges and threats to security.