Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Chairperson of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis Tanzila Narbaeva held negotiations with the Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Elders Muhammad Abdusalom.

Issues of strengthening large-scale ties with the Muslim Council of Elders, expanding cooperation in the field of strengthening religious tolerance and traditional Islamic values were discussed.

During the conversation, it was noted that under the leadership of the President of the country, special attention is paid to issues of education and religious tolerance; over the past seven years, more than 50 legislative acts have been adopted in this area.

It was emphasized that Uzbekistan’s policy to establish interethnic and interfaith harmony is fully consistent with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international legal documents.

By way of information, it should be noted that in our country, representatives of different nationalities and religions have constitutional guarantees for the full realization of their potential, the protection of their rights and interests. There are the Muslim Board of Uzbekistan, its representative offices in the regions, 3 higher and 10 secondary specialized educational institutions, more than 2,300 religious organizations of 16 denominations.

Muhammad Abdusalam emphasized that the initiative of the President of Uzbekistan to adopt a special resolution of the UN General Assembly “Enlightenment and religious tolerance” received recognition in the international arena, and the document gave impetus to unite efforts in this direction.

It was noted that Uzbekistan is of great importance for Muslims around the world, and the scientists who carried out their life activities in this country left a great scientific legacy not only to the Muslim world, but to the whole world.

At the end of the meeting, an agreement was reached on further expansion of ties, visits by delegations, and joint organization of various scientific and practical events.