Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), consisting of representatives of 35 states of the Americas, on 3 November 2021, unanimously granted Uzbekistan permanent observer status, Dunyo news agency reported.

Our country has become the 73rd permanent observer of the oldest organization in the Western Hemisphere.

The Ambassador of Uzbekistan to the United States, Javlon Vakhabov, met with the Chairman of the Permanent Council of the OAS Josué Fiallo. In the course of the meeting, an interest was emphasized in expanding interaction with the OAS in priority areas of regional and global security, ensuring human rights and democratic freedoms, as well as promoting regional economic integration.

The prospects of interaction with specialized institutions and affiliated structures of the OAS in the development of agriculture, health care, telecommunications, science and education, culture and tourism were discussed separately.

Josué Fiallo also supported the desire of Uzbekistan to use the platform of the organization to build mutually beneficial cooperation with the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, primarily in the field of trade and investment.

The diplomat expressed his conviction that the participation of Uzbekistan in the work of the OAS will be mutually beneficial, allowing the republic to share approaches to solving global challenges and exchange experience of regional interaction.