From Putin to Erdogan: World leaders congratulate Mirziyoyev on Uzbekistan’s Independence Day

On the occasion of the 34th anniversary of Uzbekistan's independence, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has received a wave of congratulatory messages from heads of state, parliaments, governments, leading international and regional organizations, major corporations, as well as prominent political, public and religious figures. The press service of the President of Uzbekistan reported the news.

According to the report, the letters of congratulations praise Uzbekistan’s ongoing large-scale reforms, its pragmatic and constructive foreign policy aimed at fostering friendship, partnership and good neighborly relations in the region, and the country’s expanding cooperation with nations worldwide. Uzbekistan’s socio-economic achievements, progress in state and public life, and its growing influence on the international stage are also highlighted.

Well-wishers expressed hopes for peace, stability, and prosperity for the multinational people of Uzbekistan.

Among the foreign leaders who sent greetings to President Mirziyoyev are:

•  Russian President Vladimir Putin
•  Chinese President Xi Jinping
•  US President Donald Trump
•  Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
•  Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov
•  Tajik President Emomali Rahmon
•  Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov
•  National Leader of the Turkmen People Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov
•  Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev
•  Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko
•  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
•  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
•  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
•  Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian
•  Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif
•  South Korean President Lee Jae-myung
•  European Council President António Costa
•  German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier
•  Italian President Sergio Mattarella
•  Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan
•  Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
•  Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman
•  Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari
•  UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
•  UAE Vice President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
•  UAE Vice President Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
•  Bulgarian President Rumen Radev
•  Irish President Michael Higgins
•  Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić
•  Slovenian President Nataša Pirc Musar
•  Slovak President Peter Pellegrini
•  Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs
•  Montenegrin President Jakov Milatović
•  Czech President Petr Pavel
•  Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter
•  Estonian President Alar Karis
•  Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili
•  Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Željko Komšić
•  King Charles III of the United Kingdom
•  Emperor Naruhito of Japan
•  King Philippe of Belgium
•  King Felipe VI of Spain
•  King Mohammed VI of Morocco
•  King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia
•  Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh
•  Singaporean President Tharman Shanmugaratnam
•  Vietnamese President Lương Cường
•  Acting Thai Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai
•  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
•  Afghan Interim Prime Minister Mohammad Hassan Akhund

International organizations also joined in congratulating Uzbekistan, including:

•  Nurlanbek Yermekbayev, Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
•  Kubanychbek Omuraliev, Secretary-General of the Organization of Turkic States
•  Sergey Lebedev, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Independent States
•  Asad Khan, Secretary-General of the Economic Cooperation Organization
•  Hissein Brahim Taha, Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation
•  Salim al-Malik, Director-General of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
•  Qu Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations