Overview
- Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan presented a portfolio of joint projects exceeding $8 billion and proposed a Joint Investment Platform to advance industrial cooperation.
- President Shavkat Mirziyoyev called to transform the consultative meetings into a strategic Community of Central Asia with a secretariat and a Council of Elders.
- Mirziyoyev also urged elevating national coordinators to serve as special representatives of the presidents to strengthen the format’s capacity.
- Azerbaijan participated in the seventh consultative meeting in Tashkent as a full member, reflecting widened regional engagement.
- Leaders highlighted growing economic ties, citing 6,500 joint enterprises, $4 billion year-to-date trade with a $10 billion goal, more than 40 weekly flights, and proposals for rare-earths cooperation and a unified diplomatic stance.