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During the third Consultative meeting of the heads of state of Central Asia, which took place on 6 August this year. in Turkmenistan, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev put forward a number of initiatives to further develop the regional energy sector.

In particular, Shavkat Mirziyoyev urged to continue efforts to form a common energy space, paying special attention to the advanced implementation of “green” energy and energy efficient technologies. In addition, it was proposed to intensify the activities of the Coordinating Electricity and Energy Council of the Central Asian countries, expanding its mandate and powers, as well as increasing the level of representation of countries.

Undoubtedly, this initiative of the head of Uzbekistan is designed to increase the efficiency of the said Council, to facilitate the coordination of common efforts to accelerate the development of the common energy space. This will also allow the countries of the region to effectively interact on the generation and transmission of electricity, construction and operation of power transmission lines, rational water use in the agricultural sector, as well as export of electricity abroad.