Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 18 November, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell.

Issues of further deepening the partnership between Uzbekistan and the EU in order to speed up economic recovery after the pandemic and develop interregional interconnectedness were discussed.

The fruitful outcomes of the Ministerial Meeting in the “European Union - Central Asia” format held on 17-18 November in the city of Samarkand and the International Conference on Interconnectivity “Global Gateways for Sustainable Development” were highly appreciated. The leader of our state thanked the head of European diplomacy for his support and personal participation in these important events.

Josep Borrell, in turn, welcomed the policy of Uzbekistan to strengthen regional cooperation and noted that the countries of Central Asia have made great progress in this. The EU intends to further expand partnerships with the states of the region in the fields of politics, trade, investment, digitalization, climate change and the environment, science and education.

During the discussion of topical international issues, special attention was paid to regional cooperation in Central Asia, including in the context of the development of the situation in Afghanistan.

An agreement was reached on the development of a joint "road map" following the results of the conference in Samarkand and the early signing of an Agreement on expanded partnership and cooperation between the Republic of Uzbekistan and the European Union.