Mirziyoyev awarded Erdogan’s deputy

As we previously reported, yesterday, 15 March, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev went to Turkey and held a meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The leader of Uzbekistan personally expressed deep sympathy to the leader of Turkey in connection with the devastating earthquakes that occurred last month in the southeastern provinces of this country.  He fully supported the measures taken to restore the affected areas and build new infrastructure.

The President of Turkey, in turn, once again expressed his sincere gratitude to the President and people of Uzbekistan for their fraternal support in eliminating the consequences of the natural disaster, their active participation in rescue operations and humanitarian assistance to the victims.

Confidence was expressed that the extraordinary summit of the Organization of Turkic States, which will be held on 16 March, will be a bright expression of the solidarity and fraternal ties between the countries of the organization.

The pace of development of Uzbekistan-Turkey comprehensive strategic partnership relations was noted with satisfaction at the meeting.

The volume of mutual trade is increasing, 370 new enterprises were established last year.  In the next six years, the volume of Turkish investments in the economy of Uzbekistan amounted to 3.5 billion dollars.

Major projects are being implemented in energy, industry, agriculture, production of building materials, light industry and other sectors.

The plan of future high-level events, including preparation for the next meeting of the Strategic Partnership Council, was also discussed.

The meeting of the heads of state took place in an open, reliable and friendly atmosphere as always.

In the end, the Vice President of the Republic of Turkey, Fuat Oktoy, was awarded the Order of Friendship for his great contribution to the comprehensive development of multifaceted and mutually beneficial relations between Uzbekistan and Turkey.