Senior Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials regularly discuss Afghanistan with their Uzbek counterparts, and the UK participates in regional co-operation talks alongside Uzbekistan. I attended the Istanbul Conference on Afghanistan in November 2011, where regional countries including Uzbekistan agreed to work together in a range of fields up to and beyond 2014. We continue to play a part as a supporter of the Istanbul Process.In addition, senior Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials attended the Fifth Regional Economic Co-operation Conference on Afghanistan in Dushanbe, on 26 to 27 March. We have encouraged Uzbekistan to play a full role in these fora.