14.01.2025

At the invitation of President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed Al Nahyan, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev is paying an official visit to Abu Dhabi.

Today on January 14, the Head of our state took part in the opening ceremonies of the International Summit “Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week” and awarding of the Sheikh Zayed Sustainability Prize.

President of the Emirates Sheikh Mohamed Al Nahyan, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim, President of Nigeria Bola Tinubu, President of Rwanda Paul Kagame, President of Seychelles Wavel Ramkalawan, President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni, as well as heads of state and government of other foreign countries also participated in the event.

A joint photo session was held after the UAE Head of State welcomed the distinguished guests.

Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week is a global platform established in 2008 by the UAE Government and “Masdar” to address the world's sustainable development challenges. The forum aims to contribute to accelerating sustainable development in the world, economic, social and environmental progress, ensuring food and water security, promoting energy conservation and decarbonization.
The agenda of the current summit includes the issues of ensuring sustainable development, promoting innovations and new technologies in the field of green economy, strengthening regional cooperation in the field of energy and food security.

As part of the forum, an award ceremony is held to recognize achievements in the field of sustainable development with an award named after the late Emirati founding father Sheikh Zayed Al Nahyan. This year, the Presidential School in the city of Tashkent was announced the winner in the Global High Schools category of the award.

The award was presented by the President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with the school representatives and warmly congratulated them on the victory.