Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev proposed to convene a permanent Youth Council of Central and South Asian countries.

Within the framework of the high-level international conference “Regional cooperation between the states of Central Asia in the framework of the Joint Action Plan for the Implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy”, taking place in Tashkent, an address by the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev was read. In it, the head of state paid special attention to the role of youth policy in countering terrorism.

“The future of our countries depends on how the younger generation will grow up, what education and upbringing they will receive, what conditions and “social lifts” we will create for them,” Shavkat Mirziyoyev emphasized.

In order to involve young people in the process of counteracting radical ideology, he proposed to convene a permanent Youth Council of Central and South Asian countries in 2023 in Samarkand.

It was noted that this platform will contribute to the development of a substantive Action Plan to expand multilateral cooperation between the youth of the countries, the exchange of experience in creating favorable conditions for the self-realization of the young generation and the formation of a stable immunity to the ideas of extremism and terrorism.