Putting aside their differences, the two Central Asian countries "hold hands" to call each other allies, developing eternal friendship.

On November 26, Uzbekistan's lower house of parliament ratified a treaty on an alliance with Tajikistan, which is complicated by tense border disputes.

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev (left) and his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rahmon at a meeting on April 18, 2024 in Dushenbe. (Source: The European Times)

In a statement, the House of Representatives of Uzbekistan confirmed: "The Oily Majlis ( Parliament ) discussed and approved the draft law on ratification of the Treaty on Allied Relations between the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Republic of Tajikistan."

According to the Uzbek legislature, the treaty, which includes more than 180 documents, was signed on April 18, 2024, during a visit by Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to the Tajik capital Dushenbe.

The treaty includes an agreement on strategic partnership and an agreement on "eternal friendship", as well as a declaration on "strengthening eternal friendship and alliance".

President Mirziyoyev, who came to power in Uzbekistan in 2016, has prioritized re-establishing relations with regional neighbors as one of his foreign policy priorities.

Uzbekistan has resumed dialogue with Tajikistan on border and energy-water issues, and air service between the two capitals, which had been interrupted since 1992, has been restored.

Previously, tensions between the two Central Asian countries were mainly related to the demarcation of their common border and former Uzbek President Karimov's fierce opposition to Tajikistan's hydropower plant development projects.

In March 2018, President Mirziyoyev and his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rahmon also signed an agreement to adjust some parts of the border between the two countries that are prone to conflict.

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