President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit Turkmenistan on October 20-21. This became known on October 16 during the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, chaired by the president, where Deputy PM / Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov reported on the work being done to prepare for the official visit of the President of Uzbekistan to Turkmenistan for October 20-21.

“One of the priority areas of the foreign policy course of the independent neutral Fatherland is the strengthening and expansion of fruitful relations with neighboring countries. Among them is Uzbekistan, with which Turkmenistan has been developing mutually beneficial cooperation in a wide range of areas., Draft program of the visit has been prepared together with Uzbekistan authorities, during which the signing of a package of bilateral documents is envisaged,” the report says.

Summing up the report, Serdar Berdimuhamedov emphasized the invariably friendly, good-neighbourly nature of the Turkmen-Uzbek ties, based on historical ties and the common spiritual and cultural values ​​of the two peoples. In the modern era, these good traditions that have developed over the centuries have received a worthy continuation, constantly enriching themselves in their content.

While developing fruitful cooperation in a bilateral format, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are also constructively interacting on a multilateral basis, within the framework of the UN and other authoritative international and regional organizations, providing mutual support to each other. Regular contacts at the highest, governmental and departmental levels contribute to the comprehensive strengthening of interstate partnerships, the effective implementation of its solid diverse potential.

In this context, the Turkmen leader instructed the Deputy PM to ensure a high organizational level of the forthcoming official visit of the President of Uzbekistan to the country and the events planned within its framework, noting the importance of the next high-level talks, designed to give a new impetus to the further development of mutually beneficial Turkmen-Uzbek cooperation, which bears strategic character.