BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 21. Uzbekistan and
Kazakhstan are strengthening parliamentary cooperation and broader
bilateral ties on issues related to legislative activities,
parliamentary oversight, and Kazakhstan’s transition to a new
parliamentary model.


This was reflected in the statement by the Senate of Oliy Majlis
of Uzbekistan, following a meeting between Tanzila Narbayeva,
chairperson of Uzbekistan’s Senate of the Oliy Majlis, and Yeraly
Tugzhanov, Kazakhstan’s Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary to Uzbekistan.


''The sides reviewed a broad range of issues related to
bilateral cooperation, including interparliamentary ties and the
strengthening of political, trade, economic, cultural and
humanitarian relations,'' the statement reads.


In the course of the meeting, the parties noted that close and
friendly ties between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan continue to expand,
supported by relations between the leaders of the two
countries.


"It was emphasized that the close good-neighborly and fraternal
ties between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are expanding thanks to the
friendly relations between the two heads of state,"the senate said
in the statement.


Particular attention was given to the development of
interparliamentary cooperation and the importance of continuing
exchanges of experience in lawmaking, parliamentary oversight,
cooperation with territorial councils, implementation of the
Sustainable Development Goals, anti-corruption efforts and gender
equality.







Moreover, in the course of the meeting, the sides exchanged
views on Kazakhstan’s ongoing constitutional reform and its new
parliamentary model.


Under Kazakhstan’s new Constitution, which entered into force on
July 1, 2026, the country’s parliament will operate as a unicameral
Kurultai.


The first elections to the new parliamentary body are scheduled
for August 23, marking an important stage in Kazakhstan’s political
and institutional reform.


The meeting also highlighted the potential for further
strengthening parliamentary dialogue between Uzbekistan and
Kazakhstan, including through the exchange of legislative
experience and cooperation on shared regional priorities.


The latest engagement comes as Tashkent and Astana continue to
deepen their multifaceted partnership, with parliamentary
cooperation complementing broader political, economic and cultural
ties between the neighboring countries.