From March 28 to April 4, 2024, a week-long course "Updated foreign policy of Uzbekistan,” soft power" in modern diplomacy, diplomatic protocol and etiquette " was organized at the Diplomatic Academy under UWED for employees of the Ministry of foreign affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, which is planned to be sent on a long-term trip.

In the educational process, listeners mastered theoretical and practical skills in such areas as the basics of diplomatic protocol and etiquette, the theory and practice of conducting business correspondence, the organization of diplomatic receptions, negotiations, as well as the methodology for preparing Protocol event programs on official visits at various levels.

On April 4, 2024, all listeners, who successfully completed the course were awarded certificates of completion of short-term courses of the Diplomatic Academy under the UWED, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

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On March 28, American politician, Republican Party member, and U.S. senator from Montana Stephen Dines visited the University of World Economy and Diplomacy.

The guest was met by the first deputy chairman of the Senate of the Supreme Assembly of the Republic of Uzbekistan, rector of UWED Sodiq Solikhovich Safoev, and a heated dialogue was held in front of a wide audience. Questions of interest were presented by the audience and a detailed answer was received. In particular, issues of establishing cooperation with one of the prestigious universities of the United States, the University of Montana, were agreed.
The event was attended by the staff of the Diplomatic Academy under UWED and UWED, as well as students

On March 19 of 2024, the Diplomatic academy at the UWED organized a videoconference with the Educational Unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Italian Republic in order to start implementation the Memorandum of Understanding signed on November 10 of 2023.

During the conversation the participants discussed further steps of cooperation, including of issues related to the exchange of modern methods and methodologies for training diplomatic staff, as well as the organization of joint scientific conferences, lectures and seminars.

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On March 13-15, 2024, the Director of the Institute of Diplomatic Studies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Mr. Walid Haggog, paid a working visit to Tashkent. During the visit, Walid Haggog met with the First Deputy Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Rector of UWED S.Safoev, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan B.Aloev, and Director of the IACIR at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan S.Valiev.

During the meeting with the First Deputy Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis and the Rector of UWED, the egyptian guest was informed about the main directions of socio-political and economic reforms and their tangible results achieved over the past six years in our republic. The issues of developing cooperation between the two diplomatic institutions of the two countries were discussed. Following the meeting, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Diplomatic Academy at the UWED and the Institute of Diplomatic Studies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt.

Walid Haggоg was also received by First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs B.Aloev. During the conversation, a range of issues related to the development of bilateral relations were touched upon and readiness was expressed to further expand multilateral cooperation, including the training of diplomatic personnel. 

During his stay in the republic, Walid Haggog also visited the IACIR at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, where further steps of  bilateral cooperation were discussed.

During his visit to UWED, V.Haggog gave a lecture for students and undergraduates of UWED and the Diplomatic Academy on the topic of “The role of Egypt in the Middle East”.

From February 10 to 24, 2024, a two-week course "Fundamentals of foreign policy of the Republic of Uzbekistan, diplomatic protocol, etiquette and negotiation process" was organized at the Diplomatic academy at the UWED Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan for employees of the Agency for foreign labor migration under the Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction of the Republic of Uzbekistan. 

During the course, the students mastered theoretical and practical skills in such areas as the basics of diplomatic protocol and etiquette, the theory and practice of business correspondence, organization of diplomatic receptions, negotiations, as well as the methodology for preparing programs of protocol events during official visits of various levels.

On February 24, 2024, participants of the course were awarded certificates of completion of short-term courses at the Diplomatic academy under the UWED Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The Astana-Tashkent video bridge on the impact of the construction of the Kush-Tepa canal in Afghanistan on the water supply situation in Central Asia and Kazakhstan has begun in the Sputnik Kazakhstan multimedia press center.

Afghanistan is rapidly digging the Kushtepa Canal, which will divert about a quarter of the annual flow of the Amu Darya River. The first section of 108 km of the planned 285 km has already been commissioned. At the same time, the Taliban are building a channel using outdated technologies. Accordingly, the actual water intake from the Amu Darya may be much higher than planned.How will this situation affect water management activities in Central Asia and Kazakhstan in particular? How much can this aggravate the already difficult situation associated with the lack of water in recent years?
How can the construction of this canal affect the fate of the Aral Sea? What can the countries of the region do to solve the impending problem? The participants of the meeting will answer these and other questions.

Speakers:

In Astana:

Ruslan Kazkenov, Chief expert of the International Center for Geopolitical Forecasting "East-West", Kazakhstan.

In Tashkent:

Abdusamat Akhatovich Khaidarov, Director of the Diplomatic Academy at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Doctor of Political Sciences.

On February 19 of this year, the University of World Economy and Diplomacy, as part of the JICA Chair program, was visited by the head of the representative office of this organization in Uzbekistan, BITO Yoshibumi and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Uzbekistan Hatori Takashi.

The guests were met by the First Deputy Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis, Rector of the University of World Economy and Diplomacy Sodyq Safoev. During the meeting, a discussion took place on the prospects for further strengthening Uzbek-Japanese relations, as well as the development of partnership between the JICA representative office and the university. S.Safoev noted that Japan’s experience in modernizing high-quality public administration is very important for the further development of our country. He recalled that the university has been successfully implementing student exchange programs with leading educational institutions in Japan for many years, in addition, volunteer Japanese language teachers are successfully working through JICA.

In turn, the head of the JICA representative office in Uzbekistan BITO Yoshibumi expressed gratitude for the activities of the recently opened Japanese Scientific Analytical Center at UWED. The Ambassador of Japan to Uzbekistan Hatori Takashi emphasized that Japan considers regional cooperation between the countries of Central Asia, including Uzbekistan, important, in particular within the framework of the “Central Asia + Japan” dialogue platform initiative.

The parties expressed their readiness to further expand bilateral cooperation in order to strengthen friendly relations between the countries. At the end of the meeting, the opening of the JICA Chair event took place. Professor of the University of Tsukuba Timur Dadabaev spoke to UWED students on the topic: “The Japanese miracle: institutional factors of rapid economic growth (1955-1975)”. He spoke about the development of the Japanese economy after World War II, which went down in history as the “Japanese economic miracle”. The lecture aroused great interest among students. Professor T. Dadabaev answered questions, then a discussion and exchange of views took place.

On 19 February this year, the Diplomatic academy at the UWED held a videoconference with the leadership of the Prince Saud Al Faisal Institute for Diplomatic Studies under Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

During the videoconference, issues related to the implementation of the Memorandum of understanding and further development of cooperation were discussed.

In order to effectively organize management work in the system of the Ministry of Agriculture and strengthen integration with system organizations, on February 13 of this year, a training practical seminar was held on the topic “Qualitative preparation of statistical and analytical data and strengthening mutual integration”, headed by the Department of international cooperation and implementation of agricultural development strategy and introduction of innovations.

The seminar was attended by about 50 employees from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of investments, industry and trade, University of world economy and diplomacy, Tashkent State Agrarian University, Ministerial system organizations and the Ministry of Agriculture and Agricultural departments of the regions.

At the seminar, discussions were held on economic diplomacy, the procedure for structuring agreements and memoranda with international organizations and agencies, the procedure for establishing measures to be carried out to attract foreign investment, the procedure for working with foreign missions of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the procedure for establishing measures to be carried out to attract foreign investment, the involvement of innovations in the agricultural system.

The Seminar attracted considerable interest within the participants, covering itself with a series of thematic lectures.

In particular, the Ministry of investments, industry and trade, the Ministry of foreign affairs, the Ministry of Economy and UWED expressed their suggestions and comments on the issues of diplomatic relations with investors, elimination of mistakes made in the process of establishing international documents, raising the economy of the Republic of Uzbekistan and expanding exports to strengthen international cooperation.