During the talks, the Turkish leader noted that Uzbekistan is an important partner of Turkey in Central Asia. Erdogan expressed readiness to lift bilateral relations to a qualitatively new level in all areas of mutual interest.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan underlined importance of the forthcoming visit of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Turkey. He noted that this visit will give a new impetus to further development of the Uzbek-Turkish political dialogue, expansion of cooperation between the two countries in trade-economic, investment, financial-technical and other spheres.