Top Belarusian senator meets with Uzbekistan president
MINSK, 27 August (BelTA) – A Belarusian delegation led by Chairperson of the Council of the Republic Natalya Kochanova met with Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev during an official visit to Uzbekistan on 27 August, BelTA learned from the press service of the upper house of the parliament.
The parties discussed further deepening of Uzbekistan-Belarus relations, including the expansion of inter-parliamentary interaction.
At the beginning of the meeting, Natalya Kochanova conveyed sincere greetings and best wishes of Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko to the Uzbekistan president. Shavkat Mirziyoyev expressed satisfaction with the dynamic development of bilateral cooperation, intensification of contacts and exchanges under the agreements achieved at the highest level in February this year.
During the discussion the parties highly appreciated the fruitful results of joint parliamentary events held in Tashkent these days, including meetings in the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan and the second Belarus-Uzbekistan Women’s Business Forum. Moreover, the parties emphasized the importance of further intensive inter-parliamentary dialog aimed at promoting Uzbekistan-Belarus cooperation projects in trade, industry, agriculture, education, healthcare and other priority areas.
The Belarusian delegation led by Natalya Kochanova, Chairperson of the Council of the Republic, is on an official visit to Uzbekistan. These days, Tashkent is hosting the second Belarus-Uzbekistan Women’s Business Forum. About 100 representatives of the business community and state agencies are taking part in the forum from the Belarusian side. The Council of the Republic recalled the results of the first Belarus-Uzbekistan Women’s Business Forum: 14 memorandums and agreements on cooperation, including an agreement on the establishment of a joint leather and footwear manufacturing enterprise, and 15 contracts worth over Br90 million (350 billion Uzbek sums) were signed.
