Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 1 June, Tashkent hosted the 36th plenary meeting of the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (EAG).

The event was attended by representatives of the EAG member states, observer states of Iran, the United States, Italy and Mongolia, as well as the UN, OSCE, SCO, World Bank, Secretariat of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF).

The plenary session discussed the issues of signing a protocol on amendments to the EAG statutory documents, the formation of advisory councils on issues of the parliamentary, financial and banking systems of the group member states and other issues.

Thus, the meeting discussed the conceptual proposals of the EAG Secretariat to strengthen cooperation between high officials of the member states of the group. The proposals provide for the regular participation of the parliaments of the EAG member states, the exchange of experience in lawmaking, the improvement of legislation in this area, in particular, the development of preventive mechanisms for preventing crime.

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Judicial and Legal Affairs and Anti-Corruption N. Umarov also took part in the discussions, who noted that the further development of cooperation between the parliaments of the EAG member states is important in improving laws to combat crime, including criminal proceeds, and in this regard, the Senate of the Oliy Majlis is interested in establishing mutually beneficial cooperation.

During the event, with the participation of foreign experts, analysts and experts from foreign countries, a report was discussed on the mutual evaluation of the national system of the Republic of Uzbekistan on combating the legalization of proceeds from crime and the financing of terrorism in 2020-2022, following which the report was approved.