According to the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan, Lebedev arrived in Uzbekistan to participate in international events in Samarkand - the conference “Central Asian Renaissance in the History of World Civilization” and the music festival “Shark Taronalari”.

The parties discussed topical issues on the agenda of the CIS, preparations for forthcoming meetings of the Council of Heads of State (Sochi), the Council of Heads of Government (Tashkent) and the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth.

The sides exchanged views on promising areas of further development of cooperation between Uzbekistan and the CIS.