Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) - Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan Tanzila Narbaeva today in an interview with media representatives in the framework of the round table on decent work in support of reforms held in the capital, emphasized that a report by the representative of the International labor organization about the work being done in our country to eradicate forced labor.

Based on the results of the monitoring conducted by the organization, the work carried out in the country in 2019 was positively evaluated. It is noted that while over the past years there have been cases of involving employees of budgetary organizations in forced labor, especially in agriculture, over the past two years such cases have been completely eradicated. This was ascertained by the representative of the ILO.

By a decree of the President of the country, the Strategy for the Development of Agriculture of the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2020 - 2030 was adopted. The main goal of the Strategy is to transform work in all directions completely into market mechanisms. It is envisaged that the cultivation of cotton, wheat or other agricultural products in the country will be carried out by the cluster method with the participation of entrepreneurs. The goal is to bring to the world markets products manufactured with full responsibility for its quality.

As noted in the Message, now in this system there will be no concept of state order. Consequently, neither the khokimiyats nor other state bodies will be able to intervene in this process. Now, clusters, entrepreneurs will freely manage the entire process, from sowing cotton to manufacturing finished products.