President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with President of the National Assembly of France Yaël Braun-Pivet at the Bourbon Palace in Paris on March 13.
Issues of further expansion of inter-parliamentary exchange between the two states were discussed.
The historical significance of the current visit, following which Uzbekistan and France have established relations of strategic partnership, has been emphasized with deep satisfaction.
The head of the lower house of the French parliament highly appreciated the results of the ongoing democratic reforms in New Uzbekistan, which have strengthened the role of representative bodies, guaranteeing the rights of women, children, youth and persons with disabilities, ensuring environmental security.
Issues of establishing an Uzbek-French inter-parliamentary forum and resuming the work of friendship groups on the basis of the road map have been discussed.
The leader of Uzbekistan invited the Speaker of the National Assembly to visit our country to participate in the 150th jubilee Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in April this year in Tashkent.
At the end of the meeting, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan left an entry in the Book of Honorable Guests.