The European Union (EU) will launch a strategic partnership with Central Asian countries.

This was announced during the visit to Uzbekistan by the head of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Lyain, she wrote about the decision on social network X.
Tomorrow we will launch a new strategic partnership with Central Asia. This means we can rely on each other. And in the modern world, this is more important than ever, she said.
Europeans went to Uzbekistan for the first summit of the European Union – Central Asia. It will be held at Samarkand from April 3 to 4.
Earlier, the president of Kazakhstan Kasym-Zhomart Tokaev confirmed the participation in the summit. He will visit Samarkand at the invitation of his colleague Uzbek Shavkat Mirziyev