Although this is not a long time in historical terms, it is enough time for national and ‘regional construction’. Indeed, the experience of reform in other regions and countries of the world proves this. Within the same period, for example, countries such as Japan, Singapore and China were able to enter the world’s economic and political life, the phenomenon known as the Japanese, Singaporean and Chinese ‘miracles’. Europe, on the other hand, within 30 years of entering into regional ‘solidarity’, not only established the main institutions of integration, but also declared and began a political union. Unfortunately, as I’ve said, the issue of regional integration in our region is still seen as a distant prospect, an uncertain project or even a utopia. Although regional cooperation between these countries has now been restored (after an almost ten-year hiatus, thanks to the personal initiative of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev), it seems to me that three crucial questions in th