Round Table: Thirty Years of Pakistan and Uzbekistan Diplomatic relations and chairmanship of Uzbekistan in SCO.

Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan's trilateral railway project will soon be completed realizing regional re-connectivity. The Transit Trade Agreement (TTA) between Uzbekistan and Pakistan will facilitate the regional countries in expanding their trade as well as transit horizons. Pakistan and Uzbekistan have diversified ties, making a tangible contribution toward regional peace and stability, over the past 30 years. Both countries have grown deeper and stronger ties in trade and economics, agriculture, health, security, and information technology. The mutually beneficial cooperation between the two is further evolving with time. Consequently, investments from each other's sides have increased and the people-to-people ties have become diversified. There is ever deeper and close cooperation in political, economic, and security fields.

These were the remarks by Aybek Arif Usmanov, Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Pakistan. He made these remarks during the roundtable on the 30 Years of Pakistan and Uzbekistan Diplomatic relations and chairmanship of Uzbekistan in SCO hosted by the Centre for Central Asia and Eurasian Studies-Institute of Peace and Diplomatic Studies in collaboration with the Embassy of Uzbekistan to Pakistan and Riphah Institute of Public Policy, Riphah International University. In her opening remarks, Farhat Asif, the President of the Institute of Peace and Diplomatic Studies (IPDS), highlighted the significance of thirty years of Pakistan-Uzbekistan relations and about chairmanship of Uzbekistan in SCO where the country has made substantial contributions by hosting scores of events of diversified nature. Professor Dr. Manzoor Hussain Soomro, the President of ECO Science Foundation, highlighted the significant cooperation in science and technology and emphasized human development while...