The Tashkent Declaration is a great achievement of Uzbek diplomacy

In recent decades, humanity has achieved tremendous success and high milestones. However, until now, people cannot feel safe, because risks are also globalized in accordance with world progress. One of them is undoubtedly international terrorism. The whole world is united in the fight against this evil, but terrorism still exists in its manifestations.

We remember that more than 15 years ago, the UN developed a global strategy to combat international terrorism, which is one of the most pressing problems of our time, because terrorism was considered as a serious threat to the sustainable development of every nation, people, region, population, and the whole world deeply realized that progress is impossible without overcoming it. It is obvious that no country alone can resist terrorism. Only through the joint efforts of all States, international structures, and non-governmental organizations can the expected result be achieved.
One of such efforts was the recent high-level international conference "Regional Cooperation of Central Asian countries within the framework of the Joint Action Plan for the Implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy" held in the capital of our country.
In the greeting of the President of Uzbekistan to the participants of the conference, it was emphasized that the fight against terrorism should be comprehensive and comprehensive, have effective mechanisms of interstate cooperation on both a global and regional scale. The global danger can be overcome only together, there is no other way.
Holding a high-level conference in Uzbekistan has a symbolic meaning. Addressing the participants of the conference, the Head of state expressed specific opinions on various areas that are aimed at overcoming this global problem. Consequently, the fight against terrorism is in the focus of attention of the leadership of our country. In this sense, Uzbekistan had every right to hold this international conference.
The nature of the threat changes over time. For example, now that the concept of cyberterrorism has appeared, it is becoming much more difficult to control the situation with cryptocurrencies. There is no doubt that these factors also serve to finance terrorist activities in our region.
As a solution to the problem, the President noted that it is necessary, first of all, to direct young people to the right path, to actively work with them. Terrorist groups are mainly trying to attract young people to their ranks who have no life experience, without a broad worldview. This can be seen in the example of terrorist groups operating in different regions of the world.
It is noteworthy that representatives of international organizations and foreign experts who participated in this authoritative forum actively supported all the initiatives and proposals put forward by Uzbekistan.
An important reality of the international event was the adoption of the Tashkent Declaration and the updated Joint Action Plan. We are pleased to state that the Tashkent Declaration is a great achievement of Uzbek diplomacy.
In its essence and significance, this document is a consistent and logical continuation of the two Ashgabat declarations on countering terrorism, the Samarkand Declaration on Enhancing the Role of Youth in Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization Leading to Terrorism, and the Dushanbe Declaration on the results of the high-level Conference "International and Regional Cooperation in Combating Terrorism and its Sources of Financing, including Drug Trafficking and organized crime."
The Tashkent Declaration and the updated Joint Action Plan, in turn, are important for uniting the efforts of the countries of Central Asia and the whole world in the fight against terrorism. This is also emphasized by the forum participants.
Naturally, the successful implementation of the agreements and tasks defined in the Tashkent Declaration and the Joint Action Plan requires great responsibility from us, the representatives of the Parliament. At the same time, strengthening cooperation between the parliaments of the Central Asian countries is an urgent need, because bilateral and multilateral partnerships serve as a weighty and effective mechanism for discussing and promoting all counter-terrorism measures.
The important international conference held in our capital and the Tashkent Declaration adopted at it are of great importance for giving a new impetus to the efforts of the world community to combat terrorism. The next goal is the coordinated implementation of the tasks defined in this document.

Sodik SAFOEV,
First Deputy Chairman
The Senate of the Oliy Majlis.