MOSCOW. Dec 2 (Interfax-AVN) - President Vladimir Putin has submitted the Treaty on Strategic Partnership between Russia and Uzbekistan to the State Duma for ratification. The treaty was signed in Tashkent on June 16, 2004, the presidential press service said on Thursday.
Putin also appointed First Deputy Foreign Minister Valery Loshchinin as his representative in parliamentary debates on the treaty's ratification.
The treaty announces a strategic partnership as the core of bilateral relations. It also outlines priorities in political, military, trade, economic and humanitarian areas, and the arms trade.
It stipulates the terms of bilateral cooperation in international and regional organizations and coordinated efforts to promote stability in Central Asia. The treaty aims at supporting an efficient response to terrorism and other kinds of threats to international peace and security.