Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan become allied countries

At the end of the first session of the Interstate Supreme Council, a ceremony of signing bilateral documents was held.

The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed the Treaty on Alliance Relations and adopted the decision of the first meeting of the Interstate Supreme Council.

The following documents were signed in the presence of the heads of state:

- Intergovernmental agreement on labor activity and protection of citizens’ rights;
- Cooperation program between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs for 2025-2026;
- A practical action plan for further expansion of trade-economic and investment cooperation;
- Protocols on cooperation in the field of pre-school education, vocational education, secondary special education, higher education and science;
-  A “roadmap” for cultural and humanitarian cooperation for 2024-2026;
- An action plan in the field of tourism for 2024-2026;
- Cooperation program for 2024-2026 between the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the State Agency for Citizen Services and Social Innovation under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan;
- Declaration on cooperation between the Center for the Professional Development of Lawyers under the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Academy of Justice of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan;
- Agreement on cooperation between the National Guard of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan;
- Protocol on cooperation between centers of forensic expertise.

Within the framework of the visit, cooperation agreements and other bilateral documents were signed between Tashkent and Baku, Shakhrisabz and Beylagan, Jizzakh and Quba.