IV 
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) sub-
mitted 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 Uz-
bekistan 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 in-
tensify 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 Cen-
tral 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 Uz-
bekistan 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 Gov-
ernment 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 Mis-
sissippi 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 Afghani-
stan, has fostered an environment of political and eco-
nomic cooperation: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) reaffirms the enduring commitment of the 
United States to the independence, territorial integ-
rity, and sovereignty of Uzbekistan; 
(2) 
recognizes 
Uzbekistan’s 
tremendous 
progress on important political, economic, and social 
reforms 
under 
the 
leadership 
of 
President 
Mirziyoyev; 
(3) resolves to strengthen the bilateral relation-
ship between the United States and Uzbekistan with 
a new dialogue to reinvigorate, building on a broad 
range of mutual priorities; 
(4) applauds the efforts of the Government of 
Uzbekistan to strengthen cooperative dialogue, open-
ing new possibilities for intraregional commerce and 
cooperative approaches to all challenges in Central 
Asia including by means of the ‘‘Central Asia: 
Shared Past and a Common Future, Cooperation for 
Sustainable Development and Mutual Prosperity’’ 
conference, which took place in Samarkand on No-
vember 10–11, 2017, and the ‘‘Central Asian 
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Connectivity: Challenges and New Opportunities’’ 
conference, held in Tashkent on February 19–20, 
2019; 
(5) welcomes the ambitious reform program of 
President Mirziyoyev aimed at a dramatic improve-
ment of the human rights situation in Uzbekistan, 
advancing anticorruption measures and greater 
transparency in the judicial system, strengthening 
accountability of public servants, providing freedom 
of expression and press, ending systematic forced 
and child labor, eliminating trafficking in persons, 
and ensuring religious freedom; 
(6) supports deeper economic cooperation be-
tween the United States and Uzbekistan that will in-
crease trade and create new business opportunities 
in the fields of agriculture, energy, financial services, 
chemical, tourism, textile, health, and digital innova-
tion; 
(7) commends the launch of the first American 
university in Uzbekistan, the Webster University 
Center in Tashkent, and accreditation of the Amer-
ican Councils for International Education in Uzbek-
istan, and encourages further broadening of edu-
cational cooperation between the two countries, in-
cluding through fostering academic and research 
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partnerships between United States and Uzbekistan 
universities and expanding English language train-
ing and STEM programs in public education in Uz-
bekistan; 
(8) underscores important dialogue between the 
United States and Uzbekistan in multilateral co-
operation formats in Central Asia, including the 
C5+1 regional format; 
(9) underlines the emerging role of Uzbekistan 
as an economic leader in Central Asia as dem-
onstrated by hosting the Central Asia Trade Forum 
and the United States-Central Asia Trade and In-
vestment Framework Agreement (TIFA); and 
(10) emphasizes the efforts of the Government 
of Uzbekistan to assume the burden of promoting 
the peace process, and social and economic develop-
ment in Afghanistan by means of assistance to the 
Afghan-led peace and reconciliation process, support 
of the railway and electricity infrastructure develop-
ment in Afghanistan, educating Afghan youth, 
partnering with the United States to address drug 
production and trafficking and weapons smuggling. 
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