A mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visited the Republic of Uzbekistan from June 4 through June 13, 2007. The mission was headed by Ms. Sena Eken, assistant director in the Middle East and Central Asia Department of the IMF.

The government of the Republic of Uzbekistan actively realizes the principle ?From a strong state to a strong civil society?. The role and significance of the civil society institutions in strengthening the democratic values in the conscience of people, enhancing their political and civil activeness, expanding and deepening the scale of ongoing democratic reforms in the country are rather big.