Despite the holidays, the new Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov met with the ambassadors of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Russia. December 31, 2022 and. about. Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov had a telephone conversation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov.
The parties exchanged views on topical issues on the bilateral agenda and agreed on a schedule of upcoming events.
On January 3, Bakhtiyor Saidov рщыеув the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Azerbaijan, Hussein Guliyev.
The parties considered schedule of planned events was, including the next meeting of the joint intergovernmental commission on cooperation between Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan, as well as the next round of political consultations through the ministries of foreign affairs of the two countries. The importance of taking joint measures to expand trade, economic and investment cooperation, the implementation of joint projects in the automotive industry, petrochemistry, energy and agriculture was emphasized.
Then Bakhtiyor Saidov received the Ambassador of the Russian Federation Oleg Malginov, with the parties exchanging views on the Uzbek-Russian relations in the political, diplomatic, trade, economic, cultural, humanitarian and other areas, focusing on the stepping up of economic diplomacy, including through the adoption of measures to further increase the indicators of trade, attract investment and implement joint projects.
Afterwards, Bakhtiyor Saidov hosted the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkey Olgan Bekar.
During the meeting, the parties discussed schedule and organizational aspects of upcoming joint events were, including regular meetings of the strategic planning group at the level of heads of foreign affairs agencies and the Uzbek-Turkish intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation.
On December 30, Bakhtiyor Saidov was appointed the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs replacing Vladimir Norov.
