Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the law “On the ratification of the Treaty between the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Republic of Kazakhstan on allied relations.”

The document was adopted by the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan on 22 November and approved by the Senate on 25 November 2023.

The agreement was signed in Tashkent on 22 December 2022 as part of the state visit of the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to Uzbekistan.

The main purpose of the agreement is to legally consolidate a new stage of interstate relations aimed at further strengthening the independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and sustainable economic development of the two countries.

The agreement envisages close cooperation in the areas of foreign policy, defense and security, migration, the development of industrial cooperation, the adoption of joint measures for the rational use of transboundary water resources, and strengthening ties between parliaments, political parties and public organizations.

The annex to the Treaty contains the Regulations on the Supreme Interstate Council of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Republic of Kazakhstan, headed by the heads of states.