On March 2, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the UN Under-Secretary-General/Head of the Counter-Terrorism Department Vladimir Voronkov, who arrived in the country to attend the Tashkent International Conference on the UN Global Anti-Terrorism Strategy, the presidential press service said.

At the beginning of the meeting, Vladimir Voronkov expressed gratitude to the President of Uzbekistan for the initiative to hold and organize the two-day international conference in Tashkent.

The parties considered the ways to advance cooperation between Uzbekistan and UN institutions and structures, including the Counter-Terrorism Directorate.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev highlighted that Uzbekistan was actively involved in the implementation of 15 management projects in the field of combating terrorism.

At the meeting, the parties also focused on the implementation of the updated joint action plan of the states of the Central Asian region and the expansion of the project portfolio.

The parties discussed the possibility of holding multilateral events within the framework of the resolution of the UN General Assembly “Enlightenment and Religious Tolerance”, adopted at the initiative of Uzbekistan, to protect young people from the harmful ideas of extremism and terrorism, to exchange experience in the field of rehabilitation and reintegration of persons returned from “hot spots” , as well as cooperation in the field of personnel training.

The sides exchanged views on the regional agenda, including the development of the situation in Afghanistan, the adoption of measures to provide assistance and assistance to the Afghan people.

At the meeting was reached an agreement on the preparation of a joint road map to expand practical partnership between Uzbekistan and the UN Counter-Terrorism Office.