Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 13 December, an Uzbek-Korean round table was held at the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Seoul on expanding strategic partnership between countries and bringing bilateral relations to a qualitatively new level.

During the "round table" held on the eve of the state visit of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to South Korea, experts exchanged views on promising areas of cooperation, assessed the state of cultural and humanitarian interaction, and discussed issues of intensifying mutual exchanges in the post-pandemic period.

It was noted that the planned meeting of the leaders and a series of bilateral negotiations will serve to further deepen the special relations between the two friendly countries.

Uzbek analysts presented the Korean side with up-to-date information on the priorities for further reforms in the framework of the Development Strategy of the "New Uzbekistan". Particular attention was paid to further steps to deepen regional cooperation in Central Asia, as well as the development of interaction with strategic partner countries, among which the Republic of Korea occupies a special place.

In turn, as the Korean experts emphasized, Uzbekistan is the most important partner of the Republic of Korea in Central Asia. In this regard, it was noted that today there is an objective need for the joint development of next large-scale projects that will lay the foundation for the development of bilateral cooperation for many decades to come.

Thus, representatives of the academic circles of the Republic of Korea put forward a number of proposals to strengthen interaction between the two countries in the field of training and advanced training of personnel, exchange of scientific and technical specialists.

Following the meeting, the parties agreed on the need to further fill the bilateral agenda with breakthrough agreements that meet the enormous potential of the countries. They expressed their readiness to build up scientific ties, implement joint research projects and organize conferences on topical issues of bilateral relations and regional cooperation.

The event was attended by leading experts from the Institute for Strategic and Interregional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the International Institute of Central Asia and the Center for Economic Research and Reforms.

The Korean side was represented by the former Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan, Professor of Kemyung University Chon Dae Wan, Secretary General of the Central Asia-Korea Cooperation Forum Lee Jongkuk, Director of the Institute of Eurasian Turkic Studies, Professor of the Women's University of Tonduk O Eunkyon and Director of the Foreign Relations Department of the Center for Korean Language Learning Korea Polytechnic University, Professor Jo Nam Joo.