Opportunities for development of strategic partnership with Turkmenistan highlighted

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with Rashid Meredov, Deputy Chairman of Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, on January 24 in Tashkent as part of events of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the ECO.

Minister Rashid Meredov conveyed warm greetings and good wishes from Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Chairman of Khalk Maslakhaty, Leader of the Nation Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the head of our state.

During the meeting, the sides discussed aspects of practical implementation of agreements reached during the state visit of Turkmenistan's President to Uzbekistan on July 14-15, and the official visit of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Turkmenistan on October 21-22, 2022.

The presidents of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan discussed issues of intensifying the Uzbek-Turkmen relations of strategic partnership, of stepping up cooperation in economy, trade, industrial cooperation, energy, transport and logistics, of intensifying interregional contacts and cultural and humanitarian exchange.

It has been noted that a range of joint activities - regular meetings of the Intergovernmental Commission, joint commission on water issues, inter-ministerial political consultations, cultural and other events - are to be held in the first quarter of this year.