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Central Asian Leaders Adopt Security Blueprint, Advance Integration Plans in Tashkent

Leaders signaled a shift toward formal institutions through proposals for a regional community alongside new investment mechanisms.

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.