The President of Uzbekistan stressed the importance of further building up multifaceted cooperation with Kazakhstan

On August 17, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Murat Nurtleu, who is in our country on an official visit.

The issues of further strengthening of Uzbek-Kazakh friendship relations, strategic partnership and alliance, their filling with new practical content were considered.

At the beginning of the conversation, Minister of Foreign Affairs Murat Nurtleu conveyed to the head of our state sincere greetings and best wishes of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

The Leader of Uzbekistan noted with deep satisfaction the high level of bilateral cooperation achieved in recent years, including fruitful contacts at the level of parliaments, governments, regional administrations, the public and business.

The joint Intergovernmental Commission and the Working Group are working effectively. The volume of trade turnover and the scale of cooperation between the leading enterprises of our countries are steadily growing. Cultural and humanitarian events are regularly held.

During the meeting, special attention was paid to further intensification of political contacts, taking measures to accelerate projects in strategic sectors of the economy, expanding humanitarian exchange programs, as well as strengthening good neighborliness and partnership in the Central Asian region.