Written by: Mr. Khalid Taimur Akram Executive Director, Pakistan Research Center for a Community with Shared Future (PRCCSF), Islamabad.
Explaining the reinvigoration of regionalism requires case studies that highlight the commonalities that characterize various regional experiments and account for the beneficial outcomes and converging trajectories such projects exhibit. One of the classic examples can be taken into account through the case study of Uzbekistan. The visionary leadership under President Mirziyoyev has played a proactive role in enhancing socioeconomic connections. Sustainable development and reviving interregional harmony are everlasting aspirations for Uzbekistan and the salient feature of President Mirziyoyev’s policy. His proactive conduct of statecraft has made him the most popular leader in the comity of nations. 
It is evident that the country is on a new path of great socioeconomic prosperity under new programs and projects launched by the visionary leader. Uzbekistan has emerged as a potential stakeholder for regional cooperation, peace, and joint collaboration. Many regional states, including high-level dignitaries from all around the world, have been attending great events and conferences organized by Uzbekistan in recent years. This has enhanced the global outreach of the country and maintained a positive influence on the international community.
The latest events and new economic projects have demonstrated that President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, is a peace-loving political leader, who is true to the cause of humanity and good neighbourhood. The world has praised the Uzbek leadership as it has followed the path of harmony as they grew in strength. If the experience and logic of regional connectivity are applied in forecasting Uzbekistan’s future, the conclusion will inevitably be prosperity. His Excellency President Mirziyoyev has been working to improve multilateral relations among countries and integrate nations at one platform to counter common issues with a holistic approach.
Undoubtedly, Uzbekistan is among the fastest-growing economies in the Central Asian region. Progressive and sustainable in its development goals, the country has been constructively working to bring nations together by reinvigorating regional cooperation. Its foreign policy has been strengthening up to its present expansive phase. Moreover, the country’s ambitions reflect through its foreign/regional policies, objectives, and targets. It relies on more advanced and socially modernize goals. Uzbekistan has reaffirmed its commitment to fulfilling the targets and advanced its cooperation with other states in many domains, especially economic empowerment, through progressive measures.
It is noteworthy that President Mirziyoyev has been stressing to actively work on establishing interregional economic linkages, clean and green development, making transit corridors, and implementing joint progressive projects to ensure achieving common goals and set targets. Moreover, Uzbekistan has been actively expanding its capacities through colossal efforts to integrate nations. With true determination, the country has always succeeded in blazing a new trail from the unknown to the realms of freedom and joint development. All its endeavours have advanced the cause of openness in the country with innovative strategies.
As the core of the leadership, President Shavkat has developed new plans with logic and kept pace with the trends of the times, constantly adjusting strategies and policies in accordance with the emerging dynamics. In this aspect, the year 2022 remained busy for Uzbekistan, with immense constructive activities to extend joint collaboration within the region and beyond. Uzbekistan, as the chair of SCO, successfully organized SCO Summit at Samarkand. With the largest gathering of Heads of State at the Summit, the Uzbek leadership has enhanced efforts for national and international collaboration. Moreover, an international conference of the Turkic states in Uzbekistan and bilateral visits of President Mirziyoyev to various regional countries have brought milestone achievements. In this aspect, Uzbekistan’s role in the Afghan peace process remained praiseworthy.
At a domestic level, many significant reforms have taken place in the country. Constitutional reforms, the industrial revolution, economic uplift, raising the living standard of the people of the country, IT transformation, and robust educational reforms remained key features of President Mirziyoyev’s policy. Under his dynamic leadership, Uzbekistan will achieve more milestones in exhibiting its international outreach through diplomatic means and fruitful events. It is significant to mention that the Uzbek leadership has shown strong political will within the scope of integration into the global economy and determined the main lines of its foreign policy.
Serving the people wholeheartedly is the abiding mission of Uzbekistan. The government’s efforts to develop modern trade/transport hubs will indeed guide it toward prosperity. The dedication is for the people and following the underlying trends of social development and respecting the people’s principal role in making history. The name of President Mirziyoyev will be written in the annals of history with golden pen vis-à-vis his efforts for interregional harmony and tackling common issues with a shared forward-looking spirit. During his tenure, the country is experiencing a golden era of prosperity that reflects forthcoming opportunities and success.
