BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 28. Foreign ministers
from Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, along with deputy
foreign ministers from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, met with the EU’s
High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on
March 27 in Ashgabat for the 20th EU-Central Asia Ministerial
Meeting, Trend
reports.
The participants reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening
ties, building on the Joint Roadmap for Deepening Ties between the
EU and Central Asia, adopted in 2023. They noted progress in key
areas, including political cooperation, trade and investment,
energy and connectivity, security, and people-to-people
exchanges.
Discussions also focused on preparations for the first
EU-Central Asia Summit, set for April 4, 2025, in Samarkand. The
summit aims to deepen strategic cooperation and follows previous
high-level meetings in Astana (2022) and Cholpon-Ata (2023). The
participants welcomed Uzbekistan’s offer to host the event.
