Pragmatic foreign policy, which emerged as a product of changes in international relations and foreign policy approaches in the conditions of fast-changing and complex globalization, today began to gain more importance with the increase of political and military conflicts. In this regard, developed countries are paying attention to the use of various modern approaches and concepts in the implementation of foreign policy.

The foreign policy of Uzbekistan was selected as the object of the article, and the place of cultural diplomacy in foreign policy was defined as the subject.

Also, the orientation of New Uzbekistan's foreign policy towards the Turkic world, the cultural and public diplomacy that it uses in practice in relation to the Turkic-speaking countries located mainly in the regions of Central Asia, was considered in the study. During the study, it was revealed that the cultural diplomacy of Uzbekistan has a special place in the interstate relations of the Turkic world. In addition, the article presents theoretical ideas about the effective influence of foreign policy and diplomacy, as well as the prospects of the soft power tool in the implementation of foreign policy.

Republic of Uzbekistan, foreign policy, diplomacy, soft power, Council of Turkic States, public diplomacy, cultural diplomacy.

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