Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan mentioned Thursday that the Uzbek president’s go to will additional deepen the great strategic partnership between the 2 nations.
“I believe that this important visit, which has great meaning for us, will further strengthen our cooperation,” Erdoğan mentioned at a joint news convention with Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
Erdoğan mentioned he was more than happy to Mirziyoyev and his delegation for a 3rd assembly of the Türkiye-Uzbekistan High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council.
“Today’s meeting was successful,” mentioned Erdoğan, including that they mentioned steps to additional deepen the partnership.
The pair mentioned concrete steps to soak up commerce, agriculture, transportation, vitality, tradition, schooling and the protection trade, he mentioned, and signed agreements as a part of the Council assembly, which can diversify the cooperation between the 2 nations.
“We are pleased that Turkish investments in Uzbekistan are increasing day by day. We will continue to encourage our business people to increase their investments in Uzbekistan and establish ties that will strengthen our partnership,” he mentioned.
He expressed hope to succeed in the $5 billion commerce quantity goal as quickly as attainable.
Erdoğan praised Mirziyoyev’s effort to attract a “different horizon” for his nation with the Third Renaissance Project.
“He (Mirziyoyev) carried Uzbekistan to enviable points with the economic reforms he implemented in a wide range of fields, from energy to agriculture. I wholeheartedly congratulate my brother, who made Uzbekistan a prominent power in a short time,” he mentioned.
Erdoğan additionally introduced the Order of State medal to Mirziyoyev for his distinctive contributions to the Türkiye-Uzbekistan brotherhood.
TÜRKIYE, UZBEKISTAN SIGN ‘HISTORICAL DOCUMENT’
Mirziyoyev mentioned they signed a historic doc on deepening the great strategic partnership.
Noting that Erdoğan’s curiosity and affection for Uzbekistan has elevated over time, Mirziyoyev mentioned the assembly was “very meaningful” and so they constructed “new and stronger bridges for cooperation.”
“In recent years, Türkiye has had a large population and reputation not only in its own region and the Islamic world but all over the world. It has become a rapidly developing country in all areas,” he mentioned.
Stressing that Türkiye was a dependable companion that first acknowledged and supported the independence of Uzbekistan, Mirziyoyev mentioned that though Türkiye is much from his nation, they’ve a typical language, faith and traditions that bind “brotherly peoples” collectively.
In 1991, Türkiye was the primary nation to acknowledge the newly unbiased Uzbekistan, and diplomatic relations have been established in 1992.
Ankara attaches nice significance to the development of cooperation with the Turkic Republic of Uzbekistan in all fields and desires to additional develop its relations, benefiting from the shut ties.
Source: www.anews.com.tr