On September 14, at the invitation of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the President of Mongolia Khurelsukh Ukhnaa arrived to participate in the events of the next meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Samarkand.
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulla Aripov and other officials met the distinguished guest at the Samarkand International Airport.
Then the President of Mongolia visited the «Hazrati Khizr» complex. The distinguished guest laid flowers at the grave of the first President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov and honered his memory.
The program of the visit of the President of Mongolia provides for a number of bilateral and multilateral meetings with the leaders of foreign states on the sidelines of the summit.
It should be reminded that Mongolia has been an observer at the SCO since 2004.