Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan: results of productive talks

Following the high-level negotiations, the Uzbek side held a briefing with media representatives. Shavkat Mirziyoyev expressed confidence that the productive negotiations would facilitate comprehensive consolidation of friendship, good neighborliness and strategic partnership between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev expressed gratitude to President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and the brotherly Turkmen people for the traditionally warm hospitality.

It has been noted that Uzbekistan is sincerely glad for the success of Turkmenistan achieved thanks to the consistently implemented domestic and foreign policy led by Serdar Berdimuhamedov. It has been noted separately that Chairman of the Khalk Maslakhati Milliy Gengeshi of Turkmenistan Gurbanguli Berdimuhamedov is the founder of all these undertakings.

It has been underscored that owing to common political will, it has been possible to create an entirely new atmosphere of Uzbek-Turkmen relations and give the bilateral cooperation a strategic nature in recent years.

Following today's negotiations, the heads of state signed a declaration on deepening strategic partnership, which provides for enhancing cooperation both in bilateral format and on the international arena.

"Further consolidation of partnership with Turkmenistan is an invariable priority of foreign policy of Uzbekistan," head of Uzbekistan stressed.

It has been noted that during the talks, a particular emphasis has been placed on the utilization of considerable capacities and the introduction of effective mechanisms for realizing the capacities of the two nations for the benefit of the two brotherly nations.

The sides stressed that further building up trade and economic relations has been the basis of Uzbek-Turkmen partnership. Today, construction of a border trade zone with modern infrastructure will also be launched.