Mirziyoyev and Tokayev discuss the issue of Karakalpakstan

Today 4 July, the president of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held a telephone conversation with the president of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

It is noted that the sides discussed bilateral and regional issues.

“Kassym-Jomart Tokayev noted that the decisions of the Uzbekistan leadership aimed at ensuring stability in Karakalpakstan were taken on time.  The Kazakhstan president wished president of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev success in holding the referendum on amendments to the constitution and said that this event would be an important moment in the implementation of the program of large-scale political and socio-economic transformations in brotherly Uzbekistan,”- the report says.

The heads of states also discussed the agenda of the consultative meeting among the heads of states of Central Asia to be held in Kyrgyzstan.

Special attention was paid to the implementation of agreements reached at a high level, including the promotion of cooperation projects in the fields of industry, agriculture, transport, logistics, and mutual supply of products.

It should be recalled that yesterday 3 July, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan reacted to the events that took place in Nukus and said that it welcomes and supports the decisions of the leadership of Uzbekistan aimed at stabilizing the situation in the Republic of Karakalpakstan.