Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 14 July 2020, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Furkat Sidikov, held talks with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Hani Salim, in a video conference format.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan, the parties discussed issues of further development of Uzbek-Egyptian relations in the political, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres.

As noted, the summit meetings and negotiations between President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and President Abdulfattah al-Sisi in September 2018 in Tashkent brought bilateral relations to a qualitatively new level.

It was emphasized that the spiritual, historical and cultural community, the similarity of the traditions of our peoples are a solid foundation for Uzbek-Egyptian relations. In this context, the Egyptian side expressed interest in establishing fruitful cooperation between the Alexandria Library and the National Library of Uzbekistan named after Alisher Navoi.

During the conversation, special attention was paid to trade, economic and investment cooperation between the two countries. It is noted that in 2019, more than 40 Egyptian delegations visited Uzbekistan, 10 business forums and B2B meetings were held, during which more than 30 agreements and memorandums were signed.

The parties noted with satisfaction the formation of inter-parliamentary friendship groups "Uzbekistan - Egypt" and "Egypt - Uzbekistan", which will allow for the exchange of experience in the field of lawmaking and identify promising areas for mutually beneficial cooperation.

The parties also considered other pressing issues of an international nature.