Visit Proves Prolific

Дата публикации: Oct 16, 2012 9:14:38 AM

As reported earlier, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov paid an official visit October 11-12 to the Republic of Azerbaijan at the invitation of President Ilham Aliyev.

Major events of the visit were projected for October 12. The official ceremony of meeting the President of Uzbekistan took place at the Zugulba Palace of Azerbaijan’s President. The guard of honor lined up to welcome the high-ranking guest. Islam Karimov and Ilham Aliyev paid tribute to state anthems of Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan and the guard of honor.

During a tête-a-tête meeting that followed the official ceremony, the heads of our two states discussed a wide range of issues concerning bilateral and multilateral interaction between Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan. They exchanged views on current regional and global issues of shared interest.

Then, members of official delegations from the two sides joined presidents to continue talks in an extended format.

The parties to negotiations addressed topics in bilateral trade-economic, transport-communications, science-technical, and cultural-humanitarian relations.

Toward the end of the occasion, Islam Karimov and Ilham Aliyev inked a joint declaration. Also, the signed documents included an action plan envisaging the implementation of intergovernmental economic cooperation program for 2012-2015, and a cooperation program between foreign affairs ministries of the two nations.

The heads of our two states then met with the press and said that the talks proved prolific and substantial. The two leaders expressed conviction that the documents penned during the current visit would afford an additional impetus to the development of traditional friendly relations.

Within the framework of this visit, the President of Uzbekistan traveled to the Alley of Honor and laid a wreath on the grave of Azerbaijan national leader Heydar Aliyev. The head of our state also laid a wreath to the monument on the Alley of Shahids. President Islam Karimov was introduced to the Square of the State Flag of Azerbaijan, as well as the Heydar Aliyev Center.

Source: www.press-service.uz