Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 2 March 2022, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov held a meeting with UN Under-Secretary-General - Head of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism Vladimir Voronkov.

Vladimir Voronov arrived in Uzbekistan to participate in the High-Level International Conference "Regional Cooperation among the States of Central Asia in the Framework of the Joint Action Plan for the Implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy", held on 3-4 March in Tashkent.

The current state and prospects for the development of cooperation between Uzbekistan and the UN were discussed. In particular, the main areas of cooperation between our country and the Counter-Terrorism Directorate of the Organization were considered.

As noted, in recent years, Uzbekistan has been actively cooperating with specialized UN agencies on combating terrorism and extremism, and is a party to the fundamental universal legal documents in this area.

At the initiative of the Uzbek side, 4 resolutions of the UN General Assembly were adopted. Last year, Uzbekistan became a member of the Human Rights Council for the first time, in which a representative of our country was appointed vice-chairman for 2022.

The parties also exchanged congratulations on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the accession of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the United Nations (on 2 March 1992).