On December 24, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Jamshid Khojayev.

APA reports that the head of state stated that 2022 has ended very successfully in terms of the development of bilateral relations between our countries and reminded that he visited Uzbekistan 3 times this year.

In the meetings held during these visits, President Ilham Aliyev expressed his satisfaction with reaching the goals set in all areas of cooperation and expressed his confidence that the development dynamics of our relations will be maintained in 2023.

The head of state emphasized that a good foundation has been created for the future development of cooperation in the fields of industry, agriculture, military-technical, transport, education and other fields.

Jamshid Khojayev, first of all, conveyed the greetings and congratulations of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to the head of our state, he specially noted the role of personal relations between the heads of state of Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan in the development of our relations, and said that they felt a great honor to be received by the President of Azerbaijan on such a significant day.

President Ilham Aliyev expressed his gratitude for the greetings and congratulations, and asked to convey his greetings to Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

Jamshid Khojayev, who congratulated our head of state on the occasion of the liberation of our lands from occupation and the Victory in the Patriotic War, emphasized that this is the Victory of the entire Turkic world.

The guest specially noted the economic development and achievements of Azerbaijan under the leadership of our head of state.

At the meeting, opinions were exchanged on the development of bilateral relations, it was noted that the trade turnover has increased, and the work carried out according to the relevant agreement between the heads of state in the direction of the creation of a joint investment fund was discussed.

During the conversation, issues of cooperation in the fields of transport, industrial cooperation, energy, light industry, especially sericulture and cotton were discussed.

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On December 24, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Jamshid Khojayev.

APA reports that the Press Service of the President released information about this.