A telephone conversation took place between the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the President of the Republic of Korea Lee Jae Myung.
The President of the Republic of Korea warmly congratulated the leader of our country on his birthday, wishing him good health, prosperity, and new achievements in his public activities, as well as peace and prosperity for the people of Uzbekistan.
In turn, the President of Uzbekistan once again sincerely congratulated the South Korean leader on his confident victory in the presidential elections and wished him great success in implementing his plans.
Issues related to further strengthening Uzbek-Korean relations of special strategic partnership and expanding multifaceted cooperation were discussed in detail.
The consistent development of bilateral relations, based on historical ties of friendship, similar mentalities, traditions, and values, has been noted with deep satisfaction.
In recent years, there has been steady growth in mutual trade turnover and the number of joint ventures. The volume of direct investment by Korean companies and organizations in the Uzbek economy has exceeded $8 billion.
Fruitful financial and technical cooperation with the Korea International Cooperation Agency and the Export-Import Bank of Korea continues.
The leaders of the two countries emphasized the importance of forming a new agenda for bilateral partnership and continuing active contacts at the highest level.
In this context, significant attention was paid to the effective organization of the upcoming meetings of the Strategic dialogue between foreign ministers and the Intergovernmental commission.
An exchange of views took place on issues of regional cooperation, including in the format of “Central Asia – Republic of Korea”.