Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) – A parliamentary delegation of Uzbekistan is on an official visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan. The Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan Tanzila Narbaeva met with the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokaev.
The head of Kazakhstan noted that the visit of Tanzila Narbaeva is of great importance from the point of view of developing inter-parliamentary relations and giving an additional impetus to interstate relations.
“Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are, to a large extent, not only interested in developing cooperation with each other, but also complementary on a number of issues. Therefore, the ultimate success is just around the corner. Moreover, my colleague, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, and I agreed to take the most active steps to develop comprehensive cooperation,” Kasym-Jomart Tokayev said.
The President of Kazakhstan emphasized that in 2018 the volume of trade reached US$2.5 billion, and this year in just 9 months it exceeded last year.
In turn, Tanzila Narbaeva thanked for the warm welcome and conveyed greetings from the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev. She noted that the election of Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as the Head of State is a recognition of his work in the previous post as an experienced diplomat, an influential leader, and, most importantly, the successor of the ideas of the First President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who had a very strong policy to strengthen statehood, security and economic development of Kazakhstan.
The Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan emphasized that large-scale events held this year as part of the Year of Kazakhstan in Uzbekistan have become a striking example of the rapprochement of our peoples. She noted that the first state visit of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to the Republic of Uzbekistan, also gave dynamics to further intensify interaction between our countries.
During the meeting, the parties discussed the implementation of the agreements reached at the highest level and a wide range of other issues of bilateral cooperation. A keen exchange of views took place on topical issues of the regional and international agenda.
This concluded the official visit of the delegation of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, headed by the Chairman of the Senate Tanzila Narbaeva to the Republic of Kazakhstan.