{"id":44575,"date":"2025-04-04T19:26:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T19:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=44575"},"modified":"2025-04-04T20:06:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T20:06:20","slug":"joint-declaration-first-european-union-central-asia-summit-samarkand-uzbekistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/joint-declaration-first-european-union-central-asia-summit-samarkand-uzbekistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Declaration : First European Union-Central Asia Summit @ Samarkand Uzbekistan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We, the Leaders of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and of the European Union (EU), held our first EU-Central Asia Summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on 4 April 2025 and concluded the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Reaffirming our commitment to deeper cooperation in an evolving global and regional geopolitical landscape, we decided to upgrade relations between the European Union and Central Asia to a strategic partnership. We acknowledged the significant results achieved in recent years to strengthen dialogue and cooperation between our regions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    2. The EU reconfirmed its commitment to the goals of the EU Strategy on Central Asia of 2019. The Joint Roadmap for Deepening Ties between the EU and Central Asia<\/em><\/strong> adopted on 23 October 2023 in Luxembourg has been useful in operationalising the Strategy<\/em>. We acknowledged the role of the EU-Central Asia high-level regional meetings of the Heads of State of Central Asia and the President of the European Council, held in Astana in 2022 and Cholpon-Ata in 2023, and the EU-Central Asia Ministerial meeting in Ashgabat on 27 March 2025 in taking stock of these commitments in preparation for this Summit. We welcomed the progress achieved and underscored the importance of maintaining its momentum.<\/p>\n

    3. We are committed to cooperate for peace, security and democracy, to fully
    \nrespect international law, including the UN Charter and the fundamental principles
    \nof respect for the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of all States,
    \nwithin their internationally recognised borders. We emphasised the importance of
    \nachieving as soon as possible, a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine
    \nin accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations. We
    \nemphasised the need to uphold the principles of the OSCE by the participating
    \nStates. We reconfirmed the obligation of all States to refrain in their international
    \nrelations from the threat or use of force, to respect international humanitarian law
    \nand underlined the need for peaceful resolution of conflicts.<\/p>\n

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