The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman today in Tashkent to discuss further strengthening the bilateral relationship, as well as the way forward in Afghanistan.
The Deputy Secretary thanked President Mirziyoyev for Uzbekistan’s close cooperation with the United States in Afghanistan and underscored the importance of the United States’ strategic partnership with Uzbekistan. The President Mirziyoyev and the U.S. Deputy Secretary discussed joint efforts to combat COVID-19 through vaccine distribution. The Deputy Secretary Sherman reiterated U.S. support for Uzbekistan’s independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity and urged continued progress on economic, democratic, and human rights reforms in Uzbekistan.
