President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.
According to the presidential press service, the parties discussed the current bilateral agenda in detail and exchanged views on issues of international politics and regional cooperation.
The importance of continuing the active dialogue was emphasized to further bolster the Uzbek-Turkmen ties of centuries-old friendship and brotherhood, good-neighborliness and strategic partnership.
Particular attention was paid to the need to promote joint projects, primarily in the field of trade, industrial cooperation, energy, transit, agriculture and other key industries in order to effectively counter the consequences of the global spread of coronavirus infection.
In this context, Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov positively assessed the outcomes of the political consultations held by the foreign ministers of the two countries last month.
The sides discussed the progress of work in the implementation of decisions and agreements reached following the Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia that took place last November in Tashkent.
Mirziyoyev and Berdimuhamedov also deliberated on the situation in the Kyrgyz Republic. The need for the soonest normalization of the situation in accordance with the Constitution of Kyrgyzstan was emphasized.
The Presidents also considered the schedule of upcoming events at the highest level.
