At the invitation of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and his wife arrived in Baku on a state visit.
The head of state was received at the capital’s Heydar Aliyev Airport by Azerbaijan’s First Deputy Prime Minister Yaqub Eyyubov and other officials. A guard of honour was formed in honour of the distinguished guest.
The two leaders will meet today at the highest level to discuss further deepening of Uzbek-Azerbaijani relations of strategic partnership and development of multi-faceted cooperation, primarily in the political, trade-economic, transport-communication and cultural-humanitarian spheres.