Uzbekistan’s
Foreign policy is targeted at:
- Strengthening
national independence
- Attracting
foreign direct investment
- Building
economic and political ties with various partners in both the
West and East
To
follow these policies, Uzbekistan joined numerous regional
and extra-regional
cooperative groups. Karimov has been most reluctant to create
coordinating organs and delegate powers to them. Uzbekistan
is a member of the
following cooperative groups:
AsDB,
CIS, EAPC, EBRD, ECO, FAO, GUUAM, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt
(signatory), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol,
IOC, ISO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SCO, UN,
UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO,
WToO, WTO
Foreign
Policy