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CONTENTS
I. WELCOMING REMARKS
Keynote speech by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of
the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov ………
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Chairman of the Committee on International Relations,
Foreign Economic Relations, Foreign Investments and
Tourism at the Senate of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of
Uzbekistan Alisher Kurmanov……………………...…
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Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for
Central Asia, Head of the United Nations Regional
Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia
(UNRCCA) Petko Draganov ………………………….
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UN 
Resident 
Coordinator, 
UNDP 
Permanent
Representative in Uzbekistan Helena Fraser…………..
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Senior Adviser to OSCE Project Coordinator in
Uzbekistan Hans-Ullrich Ihm……..………...................
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II. REGIONAL COOPERATION IN CENTRAL ASIA:
NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND PROSPECTS
Basic Principles and Priorities for Regional Cooperation in
Central Asia. Eldor Aripov, Director of the Information and
Analytical Center for International Relations………………… 21
Central Asia: Search for New Regional Actorship in
International Relations. Irina Chernykh, Chief research
fellow at the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under
the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.………………....
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Critical Aspects of Regional Cooperation in Ensuring Security
and Stability in Central Asia. Vladimir Norov, Director of the
Institute for Strategic and Interregional Studies under the
President of the Republic of Uzbekistan……….……………..
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Extent and Nature of Tajikistan’s Participation in the
System of Regional Cooperation in Central Asia.