President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov on June 2 at the Oqsaroy received Turkmenistan’s Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov who has arrived in our country with an official visit.
President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov on June 2 at the Oqsaroy received Turkmenistan’s Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov who has arrived in our country with an official visit.
The head of our state noted the successful development of Uzbek-Turkmen cooperation in many spheres.
Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan conveyed President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov’s warm greetings and words of respect to the President and people of Uzbekistan, and confirmed the willingness of the Turkmen leadership to uplift the bilateral relations to a higher level that would meet the longer-term interests of our two peoples and countries.
As it was stressed during the conversation, the multifaceted relations between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan have been acquiring today a dynamic nature, distinct with stability, consistency and fruitfulness. The friendly interaction between the two nations have been advancing successfully on a robust bedrock of centuries-old common history, the proximity of spiritual and cultural values, unwavering principles of neighborliness, mutual respect and sympathy of the Uzbek and Turkmen peoples.
The tangible results achieved thanks to joint efforts in the sociopolitical, trade and economic, cultural and humanitarian and other areas have created a reliable foundation for the confident and steadfast consolidation of the mutually advantageous partnership.
The volume of bilateral trade turnover has been growing dynamically. It exceeded 410 million U.S. dollars in 2014, while the growth indicator reached 16.6 percent.
Both countries actively interact in the international arena within the frameworks of a range of global and regional institutions.
The Turkmen side has been consistent in its support for the acting presidency of Uzbekistan in the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea, including the implementation of the third phase of the Action Plan to Assist the Countries of the Aral Basin and the Program of Measures Directed at Weathering the Consequences of Drying Aral Sea and Prevention of a Catastrophe of the Environmental Systems in the Aral Sea Region that was adopted as an official document of the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
The meeting at the Oqsaroy also served for the detailed exchange of views along international and regional issues of shared interest.