President
of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov met with the First Deputy
Prime Minister of Russian
Federation Igor Shuvalov at Oqsaroy, January
18.
According to head
of our state, the visit constitutes a good opportunity to exchange views on
issues of both bilateral and multilateral nature in order to raise the level of
mutual relations.
Today, both
countries develop their cooperation in political, trade, economic, cultural,
and many other spheres.
At the talk, Igor
Shuvalov expressed gratitude to President of Uzbekistan for the warm welcome,
and stressed his delight with the state of bilateral relations and
implementation of agreements reached during previous summits.
Prospects to
enhance bilateral cooperation as well as other topics of mutual interest were
discussed at the meeting.