At the invitation of the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay an official visit to our country on October 20-21.

 As noted at a meeting of the government of Turkmenistan on October 16, together with the Uzbek side, a draft Program of the visit was prepared, during which the signing of a package of bilateral documents is envisaged.

 As President Serdar Berdimuhamedov emphasized, developing fruitful cooperation in a bilateral format, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan also interact constructively on a multilateral basis, within the framework of the UN and other authoritative international and regional organizations.

 The head of Turkmenistan instructed the Vice-Chairman, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to ensure a high organizational level of the forthcoming visit of the President of Uzbekistan to our country and the events planned within its framework, noting the importance of the next high-level talks, designed to give a new impetus to the further development of mutually beneficial Turkmen-Uzbek cooperation, which is of a strategic nature.

 The focus of the upcoming high-level talks is the deepening of the Uzbek-Turkmen relations of strategic partnership at a new stage, increasing the volume of mutual trade, expanding cooperation in industry, energy and the chemical industry, agriculture, transport and logistics, continuing active cultural and humanitarian exchange, it is reported.  On the website of the President of Uzbekistan on Wednesday.

 During the visit, the opening of the Tashkent park in Ashgabat and the joint launch of the project for the construction of the Border Trade Center are also planned.