President of Uzbekistan ratified two international treaties - on the junction point of borders with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan and on legal assistance with Afghanistan. The ratification laws were published in the Xalq So’zi newspaper.
The agreement on the junction point of borders between the three states was signed by the foreign ministers of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan on November 10, 2017 in Samarkand. The signing ceremony took place on the sidelines of the conference "Central Asia: Shared Past and Common Future, Cooperation for Sustainable Development and Mutual Prosperity".
As the Senate press service reported, "the treaty creates a solid foundation for strengthening mutual respect, sovereign equality and territorial integrity of the three bordering states."
The treaty between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan on mutual assistance in civil, family and criminal cases was signed during the visit of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to Uzbekistan on December 5, 2017.
According to the press service of the Senate, the treaty is "an important part of cooperation between the two countries and ensures its further progressive development." The document, in particular, will ensure equal access of citizens of the two countries to legal protection.
