Mirziyoyev receives the Russian delegation

On September 18, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan met with a high-level Russian delegation led by Vitaliy Savelyev, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation. The delegation also included Presidential Advisor Igor Levitin and Oleg Belozyorov, Chairman of the Board of Russian Railways (Rossiyskiye Zheleznye Dorogi). The meeting, as reported by the President’s press service, focused on strengthening bilateral cooperation in various sectors.

At the beginning of the meeting, the Russian delegation conveyed greetings and best wishes from the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, to President Mirziyoyev.

"The implementation of the agreements reached during the high-level meetings in Tashkent on May 26-28 of this year was discussed," according to the report.

During the conversation, special attention was given to developing effective transport corridors in the region. The importance of accelerating industrial cooperation projects in the transport sector, further expanding cooperation in the automobile, railway, and aviation industries, and training highly qualified engineers was emphasized.

It is worth noting that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz paid an official visit to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan from September 15-17, holding talks with officials from both countries. On September 17, the second "Central Asia-Germany" summit was held in Astana, with the participation of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, and Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, under the chairmanship of Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

It should also be noted that from April 22-26 of this year, following the visit of then-British Prime Minister David Cameron to all Central Asian countries, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin visited Tashkent on April 26. He met with Uzbekistan’s Foreign Minister, Bakhtiyor Saidov. Following the meeting, Galuzin stated that Cameron's visit to Uzbekistan aimed to harm Russia and alienate it from its regional allies.