Overview
- Presidents approved a concept for regional security plus a 2026–2028 catalogue of risks and preventive measures, and they issued a joint statement at the close of the meeting.
- Uzbekistan’s Shavkat Mirziyoyev proposed creating a Community of Central Asia with a secretariat, a Council of Elders, and upgraded national coordinators serving as special presidential representatives.
- Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan presented a portfolio of joint projects exceeding $8 billion with a proposed joint investment platform, noting $4 billion in trade this year and a $10 billion goal by 2030.
- Kazakhstan’s Kassym-Jomart Tokayev urged regional cooperation in exploring, extracting, and processing rare-earth metals to attract advanced technologies.
- Leaders confirmed Azerbaijan’s full participation in the format and backed Kyrgyzstan’s 2027–2028 UN Security Council bid, as Mirziyoyev awarded Tokayev Uzbekistan’s highest state honor.