Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 3 June 2021, within the framework of the official visit of the Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan Maulen Ashimbayev to the Republic of Uzbekistan, the first meeting of the Commission on Cooperation between the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan was held.

The event was attended by First Deputy Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, co-chairman from the Uzbek part of the commission S. Safoev, Deputy Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, co-chairman from the Kazakh part of the commission A. Shakirov.

During the meeting, issues of the state and prospects of further development and deepening of cooperation between the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan were considered.

The parties noted the role of parliaments in the development of cooperation between regions, including border areas in the further expansion and strengthening of trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian ties.

Proposals were made to intensify inter-parliamentary dialogue through the exchange of delegations, to hold the Forum of Regions to intensify direct contacts between deputies of regions and districts of the two countries, to continue cooperation in the field of gender equality, to interact and coordinate actions within the framework of inter-parliamentary structures such as the IPU, OSCE PA, IPA CIS and others.

During the meeting, the prospects for cooperation between the Institute for Legislative Problems and Parliamentary Research under the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Institute for Parliamentarism under the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan were discussed.

At the end of the event, the issue of holding the second joint meeting of the Commission on Cooperation between the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan was considered.