On April 5, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the visiting Foreign Minister of Iran, Muhammad Javad Zarif, the presidential press service said.
The parties reportedly focused on the issues of economic cooperation, boosting trade and promotion of new cooperation projects, underscoring the importance of building up cooperation in the transport and communication sphere, including through the Iranian seaports and the development of the Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan-Iran-Oman transport corridor, was.
The sides touched upon the topical aspects of the international and regional agenda, including issues of ensuring regional security and advancing the peace process in Afghanistan.
Javad Zarif highly reportedly valued Uzbekistan’s efforts to facilitate peace talks on Afghanistan, to connect the country into the regional trade and economic cooperation.
