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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 599 

Expressing support of independence and further development of the strategic 

partnership between the United States and Uzbekistan. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 

Mr. KELLY of Mississippi (for himself and Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 

Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support of independence and further development 

of the strategic partnership between the United States 

and Uzbekistan. 

Whereas the people of Uzbekistan are celebrating September 

1, 1991, the 28th anniversary of the independence of Uzbekistan from the Soviet Union; 

Whereas the principles of the Declaration on the Strategic 

Partnership and Cooperation Framework between the 

United States and the Republic of Uzbekistan of July 

2002 reaffirmed Uzbekistan’s commitment to further intensify the democratic transition of its society politically 

and economically; 


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Whereas Uzbekistan’s ongoing regional initiatives aimed at 

strengthening stability and economic cooperation in Central Asia contribute greatly to the stability of the region; 

Whereas President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s ‘‘Five Year Strategy 

of Action’’ promotes good governance, judicial reform and 

rule of law, economic liberalization, social development, 

and an open and constructive foreign policy; 

Whereas the historic first visit of President Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan to the United States in May 2018 launched a 

new era of strategic partnership between the United 

States and Uzbekistan; 

Whereas during the visit of President Mirziyoyev to the 

United States business deals valued at more than 

$4,800,000,000 were signed followed by contracts valued 

at more than $2,500,000,000 at the bilateral business 

forum in Tashkent in October 2018, and the first-ever 

Department of Commerce-led Certified Trade Mission to 

Uzbekistan in June 2019; 

Whereas the creation of the Congressional Uzbekistan Caucus 

in the House of Representatives has led to unprecedented 

levels of dialogue between American and Uzbek political 

leadership; 

Whereas support provided to the United States by the Government of Uzbekistan in the aftermath of the September 

11, 2001, attacks on the United States was crucial to the 

expulsion of al-Qaida from Afghanistan; 

Whereas the deepening of ties between the State of Mississippi and Uzbekistan through the National Guard’s 

State Partnership Program has led to increased levels of 

military cooperation; and 


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Whereas the eagerness of Uzbekistan to strengthen bilateral 

cooperation with the United States, share burdens, and 

address regional issues, including stability in Afghanistan, has fostered an environment of political and economic cooperation: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) reaffirms the enduring commitment of the 

3 United States to the independence, territorial integ4 rity, and sovereignty of Uzbekistan; 

5 (2) recognizes Uzbekistan’s tremendous 

6 progress on important political, economic, and social 

7 reforms under the leadership of President 

8 Mirziyoyev; 

9 (3) resolves to strengthen the bilateral relation10 ship between the United States and Uzbekistan with 

11 a new dialogue to reinvigorate, building on a broad 

12 range of mutual priorities; 

13 (4) applauds the efforts of the Government of 

14 Uzbekistan to strengthen cooperative dialogue, open15 ing new possibilities for intraregional commerce and 

16 cooperative approaches to all challenges in Central 

17 Asia including by means of the ‘‘Central Asia: 

18 Shared Past and a Common Future, Cooperation for 

19 Sustainable Development and Mutual Prosperity’’ 

20 conference, which took place in Samarkand on No21 vember 10–11, 2017, and the ‘‘Central Asian 


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1 Connectivity: Challenges and New Opportunities’’ 

2 conference, held in Tashkent on February 19–20, 

3 2019; 

4 (5) welcomes the ambitious reform program of 

5 President Mirziyoyev aimed at a dramatic improve6 ment of the human rights situation in Uzbekistan, 

7 advancing anticorruption measures and greater 

8 transparency in the judicial system, strengthening 

9 accountability of public servants, providing freedom 

10 of expression and press, ending systematic forced 

11 and child labor, eliminating trafficking in persons, 

12 and ensuring religious freedom; 

13 (6) supports deeper economic cooperation be14 tween the United States and Uzbekistan that will in15 crease trade and create new business opportunities 

16 in the fields of agriculture, energy, financial services, 

17 chemical, tourism, textile, health, and digital innova18 tion; 

19 (7) commends the launch of the first American 

20 university in Uzbekistan, the Webster University 

21 Center in Tashkent, and accreditation of the Amer22 ican Councils for International Education in Uzbek23 istan, and encourages further broadening of edu24 cational cooperation between the two countries, in25 cluding through fostering academic and research 


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1 partnerships between United States and Uzbekistan 

2 universities and expanding English language train3 ing and STEM programs in public education in Uz4 bekistan; 

5 (8) underscores important dialogue between the 

6 United States and Uzbekistan in multilateral co7 operation formats in Central Asia, including the 

8 C5+1 regional format; 

9 (9) underlines the emerging role of Uzbekistan 

10 as an economic leader in Central Asia as dem11 onstrated by hosting the Central Asia Trade Forum 

12 and the United States-Central Asia Trade and In13 vestment Framework Agreement (TIFA); and 

14 (10) emphasizes the efforts of the Government 

15 of Uzbekistan to assume the burden of promoting 

16 the peace process, and social and economic develop17 ment in Afghanistan by means of assistance to the 

18 Afghan-led peace and reconciliation process, support 

19 of the railway and electricity infrastructure develop20 ment in Afghanistan, educating Afghan youth, 

21 partnering with the United States to address drug 

22 production and trafficking and weapons smuggling. 

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