Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Uzbekistan became a member of the Association Internationale du Théâtre de l’Enfance et la Jeunesse (ASSITEJ).

National Center of the ASSITEJ will operate under ASSITEJ Uzbekistan, which will connect national theatres with world theatres.

The association will promote and attract attention of population to children theatres and organize translation and adaptation of foreign plays, as well create conditions for development of local actors.

It will attract foreign specialists to the Uzbek children theatres and promote foreign tours of the Uzbek theatres, as well as hold international theatre festivals.