On June 29, UN Secretary-General António Guterres will embark on a tour of Central Asian countries. He will visit Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. Guterres, let us remind you, visited this region in 2017.
This was announced at a briefing in New York on Friday by his spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric. According to him, in each country, the UN Secretary-General will meet with the head of state and other high-ranking government officials, as well as familiarize himself with projects related to combating climate change and engage with local activists.
The first stop of the tour will be the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent. In Astana on July 4, the Secretary-General will participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit. In his speech, Guterres will remind forum participants of the need to reaffirm commitment to the principles of multilateralism based on the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. He will emphasize that the pursuit of peace should be at the center of these efforts.