Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev sent congratulations to the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev and President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the country’s independence, expressed his best wishes to them and the brotherly people of Kazakhstan.

The messages note that as a result of the systemic and comprehensive reforms implemented over the past time aimed at ensuring sustainable growth of the country, today friendly Kazakhstan is making great progress in all areas.

“We are particularly pleased that the centuries-old relations of mutual understanding, friendship and good-neighborliness between our peoples have been strengthening even more in recent years,” the head of our state noted.

The President of our country especially noted the results of open and fruitful negotiations that took place during his state visit to Kazakhstan on 5-6 December 2021.

They expressed confidence that the signed Declaration on Allied Relations, the initiatives put forward to create mechanisms for effective dialogue, important agreements on a number of major joint projects, the announcement of next year as the Year of Kazakhstan in our country will undoubtedly lead our relations of close friendship, good neighborliness and strategic partnership to a qualitatively new level.

At the end of the messages, the leader of Uzbekistan wished Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev and President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev good health, inexhaustible energy and new successes, and the brotherly people of Kazakhstan - peace, prosperity, long-term happiness and prosperity.