NEW APPROACHES TO THE FOREIGN POLICY ACTIVITIES OF UZBEKISTAN IN THE CENTRAL ASIAN REGION

The article discusses new approaches in the foreign policy position of Uzbekistan in relation to the accumulated problems in Central Asia. The role of Uzbekistan is substantiated as a key state with a predominant geopolitical position in the region, which occupies an important place in the political and socio-economic transformation of all of Central Asia. The article describes the initiatives put forward by the leadership of modern Uzbekistan aimed at fundamentally changing the situation in the region. It is also substantiated that based on the principle “The main priority of the foreign policy of Uzbekistan is Central Asia”, the situation in the region has changed dramatically. A completely new political atmosphere has been established in the region, the relationship between the states of the region, based on trust and good neighborliness, has strengthened. Such a radically new approach in the interaction of the states of Central Asia influenced the prompt solution with a positive outcome of the accumulated problems that have remained controversial for many years. The article substantiates the pragmatic foreign policy of Uzbekistan and its initiatives to resolve the Afghan crisis. It substantiates the fact that without ensuring stability in the neighboring country - Afghanistan, it is not possible to guarantee security in the entire Central Asian region. The initiative of Uzbekistan to provide the necessary humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan in the context of a change of power in the country after the withdrawal of the US military counterpart is revealed.