28.06.2021

On June 28, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the Vice President of the Republic of Turkey Fuat Oktay, who is in our country on a working visit.

The issues of further expansion of practical interaction and promotion of new cooperation projects of leading enterprises and companies of the two countries were discussed.

The President has highly appreciated the current level of the Uzbek-Turkish friendship relations, trust and strategic partnership achieved through regular and constructive dialogue at the highest level.

In turn, the Vice President Fuat Oktay thanked the Leader of Uzbekistan for the warm welcome and conveyed sincere regards and best wishes on behalf of the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan. A special gratitude was expressed for the great support for the activities of Turkish companies and investors in our country.

At the meeting, the dynamics of the development of bilateral cooperation and the measures to overcome the consequences of the pandemic were especially noted.

In particular, since the beginning of the year, the exchanges and contacts at different levels have intensified. The volumes of mutual trade and the number of joint investment projects have been steadily growing. A satisfaction was expressed with the results of the events held today by the joint Intergovernmental Commission and the business program with the participation of business representatives.  

The importance of comprehensive preparation of the agenda for the second meeting of the Strategic Cooperation Council in Tashkent was emphasized. First of all, the issues of increasing trade and the scale of cooperation, adoption of the Agreement on preferential trade, creation of a joint industrial zone, promotion of programs in digitalization, education and other sectors of the economy with the active involvement of advanced Turkish experience, knowledge and technology were touched upon.

An exchange of views on the topical aspects of regional partnership and interaction in the framework of international organizations took place.