President of Turkmenistan to Pay a State Visit to Uzbekistan

At the invitation of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov will pay a state visit to Uzbekistan on July 14-15.

The agenda of the top-level talks includes the issues of further developing and strengthening friendship, good neighborliness, strategic partnership and multifaceted cooperation between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.

A special attention will be paid to the prospects for practical interaction in the main areas, including increasing the volume of mutual trade, establishing industrial cooperation, effectively using the transport and transit potential, implementing the important projects in the water management sector, intensifying the interregional contacts, as well as continuing cultural and humanitarian exchange programs.

It is envisaged that the Presidents will exchange views on the international issues and discuss current aspects of regional cooperation.

Following the summit, it is planned to adopt a Joint Statement and sign bilateral documents.

The program of the distinguished guest’s visit also includes holding a meeting in the Oliy Majlis (‘The National Parliament’) of the Republic of Uzbekistan and sightseeing in the city of Samarkand.

It should be noted that as a part of the preparations for this visit on July 1-2, the events of the next meeting of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission on Water Management Issues were successfully held in the city of Dashoguz.

On July 12, Tashkent hosted the Uzbekistan – Turkmenistan Scientific and Practical Conference on deepening bilateral relations and unlocking the potential of strategic partnership.

On the eve of the summit, the city of Bukhara hosts the First Forum of Regions, a Business Council Meeting and an exhibition of leading companies of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.