Expressing support of independence and further development of the strategic partnership between the United States and Uzbekistan.

reaffirms the enduring commitment of the United States to the independence, territorial integrity, and sovereignty of Uzbekistan;

recognizes Uzbekistan’s tremendous progress on important political, economic, and social reforms under the leadership of President Mirziyoyev;

resolves to strengthen the bilateral relationship between the United States and Uzbekistan with a new dialogue to reinvigorate, building on a broad range of mutual priorities;

applauds the efforts of the Government of Uzbekistan to strengthen cooperative dialogue, opening 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 November 10–11, 2017, and the “Central Asian Connectivity: Challenges and New Opportunities” conference, held in Tashkent on February 19–20, 2019;

welcomes the ambitious reform program of President Mirziyoyev aimed at a dramatic improvement 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;

supports deeper economic cooperation between the United States and Uzbekistan that will increase trade and create new business opportunities in the fields of agriculture, energy, financial services, chemical, tourism, textile, health, and digital innovation;

commends the launch of the first American university in Uzbekistan, the Webster University Center in Tashkent, and accreditation of the American Councils for International Education in Uzbekistan, and encourages further broadening of educational cooperation between the two countries, including through fostering academic and research partnerships between United States and Uzbekistan universities and expanding English language training and STEM programs in public education in Uzbekistan;

underscores important dialogue between the United States and Uzbekistan in multilateral cooperation formats in Central Asia, including the C5+1 regional format;

underlines the emerging role of Uzbekistan as an economic leader in Central Asia as demonstrated by hosting the Central Asia Trade Forum and the United States-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA); and

emphasizes the efforts of the Government of Uzbekistan to assume the burden of promoting the peace process, and social and economic development in Afghanistan by means of assistance to the Afghan-led peace and reconciliation process, support of the railway and electricity infrastructure development in Afghanistan, educating Afghan youth, partnering with the United States to address drug production and trafficking and weapons smuggling.