Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Thanks to the open and pragmatic foreign policy of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, initiatives to strengthen relations with far and near countries, in recent years Uzbekistan has established completely new, diverse political and economic relations with Turkic-speaking countries. New directions and new mechanisms of international cooperation are being introduced.

As a result of these reforms, on 12 May 2022, a delegation led by the director of the National Center for Human Rights Akmal Saidov and the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Oliy Majlis (Ombudsman) F. Eshmatova took part in the Constituent Assembly of the Association of Ombudsmen and National Human Rights Institutions of Turkic Speaking Countries in the city Bursa.

At the meeting, the participants noted that in the conditions when relations between the Turkic-speaking countries are developing in all directions, it is in the interests of the fraternal peoples to bring cooperation between national human rights institutions to a new level. It was also noted that this structure will serve as a platform for the mutual exchange of experience, training, borrowing advanced foreign experience.

Following the negotiations, the Plenipotentiaries of Uzbekistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and the National Center for Human Rights of the Republic of Uzbekistan signed a memorandum on the establishment of the Association of Ombudsmen and National Human Rights Institutions of Turkic Speaking Countries.

The founding of this Association is a historic decision that is of great importance for ensuring the unity and consistent development of the Turkic-speaking states.