UZBEKISTAN: Following a meeting in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, the EU Special Representative for Afghanistan, the Central Asia Special Envoys for Afghanistan, and the EU Special Representative for Central Asia issued a joint statement. In Afghanistan, the declaration called for the formation of an inclusive administration.

Tomas Niklasson, the EU Special Envoy for Afghanistan, tweeted on Monday that he was heading to Tashkent with Terhi Hakala, the EU Special Representative for Central Asia, to discuss Afghanistan's regional relevance and how the EU might "act as a constructive partner."

The representatives "emphasised the ongoing need to ensure good governance and service delivery, promote and respect rule of law, universal human rights, and fundamental freedoms of all Afghans, particularly women and girls, children, and members of ethnic groups and minorities, as well as the establishment of an inclusive and representative government through a credible and legitimate political process in which meaningful participation by all ethnic and po The attendees also reiterated EU-Central Asia collaboration in support of Afghans, as well as security and "regional resilience."

The participants also reaffirmed their "ambitions" for a developed, stable, safe, autonomous, and wealthy Afghanistan in which "all Afghan women and men can have full rights and freedom," according to the statement.

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