The Stockholm meeting was attended by delegations from 137 countries, including six heads of state, three heads of government, ministers and deputy ministers from 128 states, as well as heads of more than 30 international organizations, UN structural units and multilateral environmental conventions.

Representatives of the Uzbek delegation focused on the main achievements of the country in ensuring environmental protection, conservation of biological diversity, solid waste management, ecological balance and sustainable development of the Aral Sea region.

In particular, during a separate session on the topic "Joint Action Plan for Sustainable Development in the digital Age", Deputy Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan B. Abidov delivered a speech, within the framework of which detailed information was provided on measures taken in Uzbekistan to mitigate the effects of the drying up of the Aral Sea, including by supporting the activities of a Multi-Partner Trust Fund on human security for the Aral Sea region and the creation of a zone of environmental innovation and technology in the region.

Also on the sidelines of the Stockholm Forum, the delegation of Uzbekistan held bilateral meetings with the leadership of the United Nations Environment Program, the secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the EEC Environment Office, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Swedish Environment Agency, the Directorate for Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Swedish Waste Management Association, Swedish Environmental Institute, as well as a number of representatives of delegations from various countries, during which presentations were made of the activities of the Multi-Partner Trust Fund for Human Security for the Aral Sea region in Uzbekistan, including the efforts of the republic to create, with international support, a zone of environmental innovations and technologies in the region.

A number of partners expressed their readiness to take part in the First Aral Sea High-level International Forum planned in 2022 in Nukus, as well as to consider cooperation in the implementation of joint projects on digital transformation and the introduction of innovative technologies aimed at ensuring sustainable development in the region, the press service of the MIFT reports.