As part of the “Friendship” Festival, an international scientific and practical conference dedicated to this topic was held at the Center for Islamic Civilization in Tashkent.

The conference was attended by representatives of the diplomatic corps, international organizations, government agencies, academic circles, national cultural centers, and compatriots living abroad, as well as the Executive Director of the Uzbekistan–Finland Friendship Society and N. Islamov, Head of a Department at the University.

During the event, the festive congratulatory message of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the people of Uzbekistan on the occasion of the Day of Friendship of Peoples was read out. Congratulatory Message of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan

The conference addressed issues related to strengthening interethnic harmony, developing people-to-people diplomacy, expanding cooperation with compatriots living abroad, and taking cooperation between government bodies and civil society institutions to a new level.