Mirziyoyev and Berdimuhamedov discuss Uzbekistan–Turkmenistan ties

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a telephone conversation on 12 October with Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, National Leader of the Turkmen People and Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan. The sides discussed the development of bilateral cooperation and further high-level contacts.

Mirziyoyev congratulated Berdimuhamedov on the successful hosting in Avaza of the Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia and Azerbaijan, the CIS summit and the Caspian Environmental Forum, as well as on Turkmenistan’s chairmanship of these events.

During the conversation, the sides highlighted Turkmenistan’s role in promoting regional dialogue and multilateral cooperation. Agreements reached at the meetings, they noted, create additional opportunities to strengthen the partnership and ensure regional stability.

The sides welcomed the momentum of the Uzbek-Turkmen strategic partnership and discussed ways to expand practical cooperation. Priorities include increasing mutual trade, developing industrial cooperation, implementing projects in energy, transport and agriculture, strengthening transport and logistics links, and expanding cultural and humanitarian exchanges.

Particular attention was paid to the signing in Avaza of the Treaty Establishing the Supreme Council of Strategic Partnership between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. The new mechanism is intended to ensure systematic coordination of cooperation across key areas of the bilateral agenda.

The leaders also reviewed the schedule of upcoming high-level events and reaffirmed their commitment to steadily developing cooperation on the basis of historical and cultural ties, friendship and good-neighbourly relations.