Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The Senate of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, at a plenary meeting of the chamber on 28 March, ratified a protocol on amending the Agreement between the governments of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on the conditions of mutual trips of citizens. The document has been sent to the president for signature.

The purpose of the law is to create a legal basis for the further development of friendly relations between the two states, the regulation of travel of their citizens, as well as the creation of favorable conditions for the stay of citizens of one state on the territory of the other.

The Protocol stipulates a simplified procedure for the stay of citizens of the states of the parties (Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan) on their territories without registration with the competent authorities, if the period of their stay does not exceed 30 calendar days from the moment of crossing the state border.

Thus, both states will increase the mutual period of stay of their citizens on each other’s territory from five to 30 calendar days without temporary registration.

Citizens of the state of one party can enter, leave, transit, move through the territory of the state of the other party, if the period of their stay does not exceed 30 calendar days from the moment of crossing the state border, a total of 90 calendar days during each period of 180 calendar days without obtaining a permit to temporary residence.

If the period of stay exceeds 30 calendar days, the citizen is required to obtain a temporary residence permit from the competent authorities of the host state.

If the Protocol is ratified, its implementation will not entail negative socio-economic and legal consequences, and will not require additional financial costs from the state budget, the Senate of Kazakhstan noted.

Earlier, deputies of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan at a plenary meeting of the chamber on 28 February ratified the agreement between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on allied relations.

The protocol to the agreement was signed on December 22, 2022 in the city of Tashkent as part of the visit of the President of Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan.

It should be noted that on 26 April 2023, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev approved a protocol on amending the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the conditions of mutual trips of citizens.