The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today spoke to the Russian president Vladimir Putin over the telephone, the presidential press service of the head of state reported.
The parties discussed the progress of the agreements reached at the high-level talks, the schedule of upcoming bilateral events, the ways to enhance the comprehensive strategic partnership and alliance ties as and the two-way trade volumes and other issues.
According to the Kremlin press service, the two leaders also discussed the progress of preparations for Vladimir Putin’s state visit to Uzbekistan. The Russian president also “shared his impressions of the negotiations that had just taken place in Beijing with the Chinese leadership.”
On February 21, Mirziyoyev invited Putin to visit Uzbekistan. “As we agreed, one of the first visits will be to Uzbekistan. I told my entire team that this visit should, as always, be historic and eventful in all areas. I am preparing very seriously,” the Uzbek leadre said then.
