Samarkand will host the conference European Union-Central Asia on November 17-18. The Samarkand EU Conference on Sustainable Connectivity with Central Asia will be the first regional connectivity conference under the new EU Global Gateway strategy adopted on 1 December 2021.
This will provide a platform for internal and inter-regional dialogue on shared visions, as well as help realize the goals of sustainability, prosperity and regional cooperation set out in the EU Strategy for Central Asia, which was adopted in 2019.
The EU-Central Asia annual ministerial meeting will be attended by the foreign ministers of the five Central Asian states, as well as the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy - Vice-President of the European Commission - Josep Borrell and EU Commissioner for International Cooperation Jutta Urpilainen.
