MOSCOW, November 13. /Dunyo IA/.  Alexander Vorobyov, Research Fellow at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Director of the Center for Public Diplomacy and World Politics Analysis, commented for Dunyo IA on the participation of the President of Uzbekistan in the World Leaders Climate Action Summit at the 31^st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31) in Antalya:

- Visit of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Antalya to take part in the events of the 31^st session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31) is of great importance for the country not only in the context of climate change, but also in connection with the need to address issues of water conservation, combating land degradation and desertification, as well as a number of other matters. President of Uzbekistan delivered an address and also held a series of bilateral meetings.

Main objective of the negotiations held by the President of Uzbekistan within the framework of his participation in the session is to give new impetus to the implementation of specific investment projects aimed at water conservation, industrial decarbonisation and the development of forestry and agriculture with the participation of international partners and development banks.

Outcomes of the visit can be assessed as fruitful, as, in addition to presenting Tashkent's position, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev advanced concrete investment initiatives and coordinated further actions with the leadership of development banks, international environmental organizations, and neighbouring countries of the region – Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and others.