Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 28 June, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received Vice President of the Republic of Turkey Fuat Oktay, who is in our country on a working visit.

Issues of further expansion of practical interaction and promotion of new cooperation projects of leading enterprises and companies of the two countries were discussed.

The head of our state highly appreciated the current level of the Uzbek-Turkish relations of friendship, trust and strategic partnership achieved through regular and fruitful dialogue at the highest level.

In turn, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay thanked the leader of Uzbekistan for the warm welcome and conveyed sincere greetings and best wishes on behalf of the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Special gratitude was expressed for the great support for the activities of Turkish companies and investors in our country.

At the meeting, the dynamics of the development of bilateral cooperation and the measures taken to overcome the consequences of the pandemic were especially noted.

In particular, since the beginning of the year, exchanges and contacts at different levels have intensified, the volumes of mutual trade and the number of joint investment projects have been steadily growing. Satisfaction was expressed with the results of the events held today by the joint Intergovernmental Commission and the business program with the participation of business representatives.

The importance of comprehensive preparation of the agenda for the second meeting of the Strategic Cooperation Council in Tashkent was emphasized. First of all, we are talking about the issues of increasing trade and the scale of cooperation, the adoption of the Agreement on preferential trade, the creation of a joint industrial zone, the promotion of programs in the field of digitalization, education and other sectors of the economy with the active involvement of advanced Turkish experience, knowledge and technology.

They also exchanged views on topical aspects of regional partnership and interaction within the framework of international organizations.