Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan leaders discuss implementing high-level agreements

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Baku during a working visit. At the start of the talks, Mirziyoyev sincerely congratulated Aliyev on Azerbaijan's successful chairmanship of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) and on hosting its seventh summit.

The leaders reviewed the development of strategic partnership and allied relations between the two countries, in the context of putting into practice the agreements reached during Aliyev's state visit to Uzbekistan in August. Both sides noted fruitful contacts at all levels, and trade turnover has risen by 30 percent since the start of the year. Cooperation projects are active in geology, energy, construction, transport and logistics, light industry and tourism, and a busy cultural and humanitarian exchange programme is under way.

The leaders also exchanged views on international and regional issues and discussed the schedule of upcoming events.