The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with Russian president Vladimir Putin. According to the press service of the Uzbek President, the head of state and Putin discussed "topical aspects of the bilateral agenda", including issues of regional cooperation.
“The Uzbek leader and Putin discussed the ways to maintain the upward trend in two-way trade, promote investment projects and expand industrial cooperation in various sectors of the economy with the participation of leading companies and enterprises of the two countries.
In addition, they focused on building up interregional cooperation and intensifying cultural and humanitarian exchange.
The Kremlin press service reported that the parties discussed "a number of topical issues for the further development of Russian-Uzbek relations of strategic partnership and alliance, including those related to the implementation of promising projects in the trade and economic sphere.
Prior to this, the President of Uzbekistan and president of Russia spoke by phone just over two weeks ago, on February 16.
On the same day, March 6, Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. They discussed issues of developing trade and economic cooperation, including in the energy, transport, logistics and humanitarian areas.
