President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has received the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov.

On November 1, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov, who has arrived in Uzbekistan to attend the meeting of the SCO Council of the Heads of Government.

Kindly welcoming the guest, the Head of the state noted with deep satisfaction the established open and trust-based dialogue at the highest level, which has brought Uzbekistan – Turkmenistan strategic partnership to a new level.

Rashid Meredov expressed his gratitude to the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan for the warm welcome and conveyed greetings and best wishes of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

It was stated that there is immense potential for building up the mutually beneficial cooperation in trade, transport and communications, energy, agricultural and other sectors of the economy.

The importance of enhancing interregional ties and cultural-humanitarian exchanges was noted at the meeting.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Rashid Meredov discussed issues on the regional agenda, including those in the context of forthcoming top-level events in bilateral and multilateral formats.