Uzbekistan and Germany are united by common vision and similarity of approaches to
the problems of regional security in Central Asia. For all these years, our countries have
acquired a successful experience of cooperation in this field.
The key guarantee for further deepening of bilateral relations is the "soft presence" of
Germany in Uzbekistan. Germany is attractive to Uzbek society, especially young people. In
Uzbekistan, more than 370,000 students study the German language. About 5,000
schoolchildren learn German in special schools in the cities of Tashkent, Samarkand and
Margilan, which have the right to issue the German language diploma (DSD).
In Uzbekistan, activities are carried out by the representatives of the Goethe Institute,
the funds of K.Adenauer and F.Ebert, the Institute for International Cooperation of the German
Association of People's Universities, the Office of the Coordinator for the German language of
the Central Board of Schools Abroad (CfA).
Germany, as the locomotive of the European economy, is capable of giving new
dynamism to cooperation between the Republic of Uzbekistan and the EU. It is no coincidence
that the Germany is the largest trade and economic partner of Uzbekistan in Europe. Tashkent
highly appreciates the key role that the Germany has always played in strengthening the
partnership relations between Uzbekistan and the European Union.
Today there is every reason to assert that this will be directly reflected in the process of
updating the EU policy in Central Asia and the Agreement on partnership and cooperation
between Uzbekistan and the European Union for the next decade.
In general, modern security challenges and threats require the development of common
approaches and joint search for solutions to the problems faced by Uzbekistan and Germany.
This is an imperative due to the unprecedented growth of interdependence of states in the
global world, in which security problems cannot be viewed in isolation from development
issues. Today in Central Asia and beyond, there is a clear realization that only stable,
dynamically developing and prosperous states can become attractive, constructive and long-
term partners of the international community.
Thank you for attention!
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