Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 30 December 2022, First Deputy Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis Sodik Safoyev met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Republic of Uzbekistan Yousef Saleh Algahrah Al-Otaibi.

During the meeting, the current state and prospects of relations between Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia, issues of deepening inter-parliamentary ties and developing cooperation in the field of education were discussed.

It was noted that the historic visit of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Saudi Arabia and the agreements reached as a result of it, as well as the signed agreements, brought mutually beneficial relations to a qualitatively and meaningfully high level.

The importance of the role of inter-parliamentary relations in bilateral cooperation relations and the interest of both parties in expanding the scale of contacts in this direction was noted.

An exchange of views took place between the inter-parliamentary friendship groups on further intensifying interaction, organizing mutual visits of heads and members of parliaments.

The issues of cooperation in the field of education were also in the focus of attention, and attention was also paid to the issues of expanding joint projects in this direction.