Ilham Aliyev congratulates President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev

The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev called the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on July 24, Report informs.

Ilham Aliyev congratulated Shavkat Mirziyoyev on his birthday and wished him success in his work and good health.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev expressed his gratitude for the attention and congratulations.

The President of Azerbaijan once again expressed his gratitude for the hospitality shown to him and the delegation during his state visit and invited the President of Uzbekistan for an official visit to Azerbaijan. The invitation was appreciatively accepted.

The heads of state noted with satisfaction that all agreements reached during the visit of the President of Azerbaijan are being implemented. It was emphasized that although a month has passed since the visit, an agreement was reached regarding the expansion of cooperation within the framework of reciprocal visits of heads of relevant state bodies in trade, industry, energy, agriculture, and transport. It was noted that the next meeting of the Azerbaijan-Uzbekistan joint intergovernmental commission and tripartite meetings of the ministers of foreign affairs, economy and transport of Azerbaijan-Uzbekistan-Turkiye will be held in Tashkent in early August.

During the conversation, President Ilham Aliyev once again expressed his support to the President of Uzbekistan regarding the recent events in Karakalpakstan and said that Azerbaijan, as always, stands by Uzbekistan. Shavkat Mirziyoyev expressed his gratitude for the support.

During the conversation, the presidents exchanged views on future development prospects of cooperation and contacts between the heads of state.