TASHKENT (TCA) — President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay an official visit to Turkmenistan on March 6 and 7 at the invitation of Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, the press service of the Uzbek president said.
During the visit, the heads of state will discuss a wide range of issues of Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan relations and exchange views on regional and international problems, the press service said.
Following the negotiations at the highest level, a joint Declaration of the heads of state, a treaty on strategic partnership, as well as several bilateral documents aimed at further development of cooperation in various spheres will be signed.
The fact that the first foreign visit of the new President of Uzbekistan is to Turkmenistan, and he is the first high-ranking guest from the moment of the re-election of Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov for the presidency is the best evidence of mutual desire and interest of both countries to intensify and comprehensively expand constructive dialogue, the State Information Agency of Turkmenistan reported on March 5.
In the course of recent phone calls, the leaders of the two neighboring countries have repeatedly pointed out the existence of favorable conditions for further intensification of political and diplomatic relations, mutually beneficial partnership in trade and economic cooperation, deepening of cultural and humanitarian contacts.
The strategic character of long-term strategic partnership is successfully demonstrated by implemented projects, in particular, the laying of transnational gas pipeline Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan-China, the information agency reports.
Uzbekistan actively supports important global initiatives of Turkmenistan, including the development of modern transport infrastructure and the creation of new transport and transit corridors.
Uzbekistan expressed readiness to take an active part in the creation of an international corridor “Central Asia – Middle East” (Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan-Iran-Oman), the implementation of which will not only help build trade and economic cooperation between the states of Central Asia, Near and Middle East, but also will become one of the most important factors for sustainable development in the region.
There are also favorable conditions for bilateral cooperation in the framework of other promising projects in the transport sector, including the creation of a corridor Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan-Caspian Sea-South Caucasus with access to the Black Sea ports of Georgia, Turkey, Romania and other countries, the agency reported.
