Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 28 March, Chairman of the Senate Committee of the Oliy Majlis on Judicial and Legal Issues and Combating Corruption Narimon Umarov met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Latvia to Uzbekistan Reinis Troksha, lecturer at the Riga Higher School of Law on anti-corruption policy and management, former deputy of the Latvian Seimas (Parliament) I. Voika, project manager of the Delna Association (Latvian department of Transparency International) A. Birule.

The guests were informed about the anti-corruption reforms being implemented in Uzbekistan, the results achieved, the development and improvement of legislative acts aimed at preventing corruption, anti-corruption expertise of bills, and the work carried out by the National Anti-Corruption Council.

During the dialogue, it was noted that in recent years the country has adopted about 90 legal acts aimed at suppressing corruption factors in all areas of state and public construction, including more than 10 documents regulating the sphere of combating corruption. The project "Sphere without corruption" was implemented, a compliance control system was introduced, a number of positive achievements are observed within the framework of the "Road maps" and programs.

At the meeting, it was emphasized that Uzbekistan attaches great importance to the development of a large-scale dialogue with Latvia, which is one of the country’s main partners in Europe. In particular, it was noted that our countries support each other within the framework of international organizations and achieve great results in cooperation.

The foreign delegation highly appreciated the comprehensive reforms carried out in Uzbekistan in recent years to combat and prevent corruption.

As a result of the meeting, an agreement was reached on expanding mutual cooperation.