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Uzbekistan|politics|September 26, 2017 / 10:45 AM
President of Tatarstan visits Uzbekistan

AKIPRESS.COM - President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov visited Uzbekistan on September 23-25 to attend the Tatarstan-Uzbekistan business forum, official media report.

Minnikhanov met with his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoev on September 25. During the meeting,  Shavkat Mirziyoyev said the regions of Uzbekistan and Russia are stepping up cooperation within the framework of agreements, reached at the highest level and an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation between the regions of the two states.

The two leaders discussed further development of practical cooperation and its filling with concrete content, according to Uzbek leader's press office statement.

In particular, the sides discussed issues of increasing trade turnover and implementation of investment projects in the oil and gas, petrochemical and chemical industries, automotive and mechanical engineering, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, information technology and other areas.

Mirziyoyev and Minnikhanov underlined importance of intensifying contacts and implementing joint programs in education, science, healthcare, cultural and humanitarian exchanges, as well as tourism.

The President of Tatarstan confirmed readiness to expand and deepen multi-faceted cooperation with Uzbekistan.

On September 23, Minnikhanov visited the eastern city of Samarkand and on September 24, he visited the grave of Uzbekistan's late President Islam Karimov.

Minnikhanov also traveled to Tashkent on September 24 where he met with activists from Uzbekistan's Tar diaspora, which numbers about a half million people.

Tatarstan and Uzbekistan share a common historic, linguistic, religious, and cultural heritage.

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