Foreign relations of Uzbekistan

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Politics of Uzbekistan
CIS Member State
Constitution 1992 (Current) 1978
Government
Executive President (list) Shavkat Mirziyoyev Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov Cabinet
Legislative Senate Chairman: Nigmatilla Yuldashev Legislative Chamber Chairman: Nuriddinjon Ismailov
Judiciary Courts Constitutional Court Chairman: Baxtiyor Mirboboyev Supreme Court Chairman: Shoyunus Gaziev Higher Economic Court Chairman: Kozimjon Komilov
Elections Presidential 1991 2000 2007 2015 2016 2021 Parliamentary 1994–95 1999 2004–05 2009–10 2014–15 2019–20 Referendums 1991 (Mar) 1991 (Dec) 1995 2002 2023 Political parties
Administrative divisions Regions Districts
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Abdulaziz Kamilov Diplomatic missions of / in Uzbekistan Passport Visa requirements Visa policy
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Uzbekistan joined the Commonwealth of Independent States in December 1991. However, it is opposed to reintegration and withdrew from the CIS collective security arrangement in 1999. Since that time, Uzbekistan has participated in the CIS peacekeeping force in Tajikistan and in United Nations-organized groups to help solve the Tajik and Afghan conflicts, both of which it sees as posing threats to its own stability. Uzbekistan is an active supporter of U.S. efforts against worldwide terrorism and joined the coalitions which have dealt with both Afghanistan and Iraq (although, in 2005, relations with the U.S. were strained after the May 2005 unrest and Uzbekistan demanded that the U.S. leave Karshi-Khanabad). It is a member of the United Nations, the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council, Partnership for Peace, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). It belongs to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Economic Cooperation Organization, which comprises 7 Central Asian countries: Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. It is a founding member of and remains involved in the Central Asian Union, formed with Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, joined in March 1998 by Tajikistan.

In 1999, Uzbekistan joined the GUAM alliance (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova), which was formed in 1997 (temporarily making it GUUAM until Uzbekistan withdrew in 2005). Uzbekistan is also a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and hosts the SCO's Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) in Tashkent. Uzbekistan is also candidate state of the new Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). It is a founding member of and remains involved in the Central Asian Union, formed with Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, joined in March 1998 by Tajikistan.