The author of the article — Professor Ibragim Mavlanov, Head of the Centre for Economic Diplomacy of IAIS — in the 73rd issue of Pravda Vostoka newspaper discusses the significance of the experience of economic diplomacy of the European Union countries for Uzbekistan. He emphasises that European states, especially France, Italy and Spain, have managed to achieve systemic transformations aimed at strengthening international economic positions and protecting national interests. These approaches, in the author's opinion, are of particular value for Uzbekistan, which is now actively building its own model of economic diplomacy.

 

The article focuses on the transformation of Uzbekistan's foreign economic policy since 2017 under the leadership of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, when economic diplomacy was put forward as a state policy priority. Professor Mavlanov concludes that the study and adaptation of successful European experience contributes to strengthening export potential, attracting foreign investment and developing tourism. In the long term, the author emphasises, economic diplomacy should become a systemic tool for sustainable development of New Uzbekistan.

 

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