President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, on April 16, received Alan Duncan, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, who is on a working visit in Uzbekistan, the presidential press service said.
Warmly welcoming the guest Shavkat Mirziyoyev noted with deep satisfaction the dynamic development of the Uzbek-British multidimensional relations in recent years.
In turn, the British diplomat, expressing sincere gratitude to the President of Uzbekistan for hospitality, conveyed warm greetings and the best of wishes from the British Prime Minister Theresa May.
As Alan Duncan emphasized, extensive reforms and changes taking place in Uzbekistan, covering all spheres of public life, contribute to further enhancement of full-format cooperation between the two countries.
Currently, active political dialogue and inter-parliamentary contacts are maintained, cooperation in trade, economic, investment, innovation, banking and financial spheres has been expanding. In 2018, the volume of mutual trade showed the maximum growth over the past 10 years.
In February this year, Tashkent hosted a regular meeting of the Uzbek-British Trade and Industry Council with participation of leading British companies, which proved productive.
Cultural and humanitarian, educational and tourist exchanges are intensifying. Westminster International University and the British Council are successfully operating in Uzbekistan.
During the talks, the parties considered pressing issues in bilateral practical cooperation, in the efforts towards facilitating the realization of joint projects involving British direct investments, best practices and technologies.
Views were exchanged on the international and regional affairs, including the issues in building up good-neighborly relations and partnership in Central Asia, as well as the soonest peaceful settlement of the situation in Afghanistan.
Following the meeting, the commitment to further deepen mutually advantageous cooperation between Uzbekistan and the United Kingdom was emphasized.
