On February 5, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim held talks at the “Perdana Putra” government complex in a narrow format and with the participation of official delegations.
At the beginning of the conversation, the Head of our state expressed sincere gratitude to the Prime Minister of Malaysia for the cordial reception and warmly congratulated him on the high achievements of the successfully implemented state strategy “Madani”.
Issues of further expanding and strengthening Uzbek-Malaysian relations of friendship and partnership have been discussed.
It has been noted that the historic visit of the Malaysian Prime Minister to Uzbekistan last May has given a serious impetus to the development of multifaceted relations between the two countries.
Political dialogue and inter-parliamentary contacts have been intensified. The volumes of mutual trade turnover, the number of joint ventures and the frequency of flights have been growing.
Last year, the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission was fruitfully held, a Business Council was established, and a number of major business forums were organized.
In anticipation of the visit, a meeting of think tanks, presentations of Uzbekistan’s tourism potential and cultural heritage, and a forum of rectors of leading universities were held.
In order to effectively coordinate the development of cooperation and implementation of agreements at the highest level, it was decided to create a platform of Strategic Dialogue of Foreign Ministers.
The importance of continuing mutual support within the framework of the United Nations, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and other international structures has been noted.
Special attention was paid to practical cooperation in trade, economic and investment spheres.
With the aim of boosting trade turnover, an agreement has been reached on developing an Agreement on Preferential Trade, holding mutual industrial exhibitions, and adopting an Industrial Cooperation Program.
The Malaysian government actively supports Uzbekistan’s accession to the World Trade Organization.
The leaders agreed to declare 2025-2026 a period of innovative development of Uzbek-Malaysian partnership.
Priority areas of the new model of economic cooperation have been identified: petrochemicals and chemistry, electronics and semiconductor industry, innovative industry, “smart” agriculture, “green” energy, pilgrimage tourism and others.
In order to support cooperation projects, a special economic zone is being established in Tashkent region under the management of a leading Malaysian company.
The leaders advocated for further active cultural and humanitarian exchange. Mutual cultural weeks will be held in Uzbekistan and Malaysia this year.
The leaders also exchanged views on pressing issues of regional interaction. They emphasized the importance of joining efforts in combating terrorism, radicalism and islamophobia.
Following the talks, a decision was made to prepare a “road map” for timely and quality implementation of the agreements.
In conclusion, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev invited Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim to pay an official visit to Uzbekistan.