The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the President of Türkiye Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held talks on June 6 in Ankara.
The talks focused on the issues of further expansion of Uzbek-Turkish relations of comprehensive strategic partnership, and deepening of multifaceted cooperation, primarily in the political, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres.
On the eve of the visit, a business forum was successfully held, the results of which formed a solid portfolio of new projects in the field of industry, green energy, electrical engineering, textiles, pharmaceuticals, agriculture and other areas, including through the public-private partnership programme.
Governments of the two countries have a target of US $5 billion in bilateral trade, including through the expansion of products under the Preferential Trade Agreement. An agreement was reached on the establishment of a trade office of Uzbekistan in Istanbul.
Presidents Mirziyoyev and Erdogan signed a Joint Declaration on deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.
The presidents also chaired the third meeting of the Uzbek-Turkish High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council.
President Erdogan awarded President Mirziyoyev with the Order of the Republic, the highest state order awarded to foreign nationals by the President of Türkiye.
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