The President received credentials from ambassadors of five countries

Yesterday, on August 30, there was a solemn ceremony of handing over credentials by newly appointed foreign ambassadors to our country. The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received credentials from the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China Yui Xyun, Ambassador of Malaysia Ilhom Tua Bin Ilyas, Ambassador of Great Britain Timothy Smart, Ambassador of Turkmenistan Shodurdi Meredov and Ambassador of the People's Republic of Bangladesh Muhammad Monirul Islam. The head of our state warmly congratulated the newly appointed heads of foreign diplomatic missions on the official start of their activities in Uzbekistan. It was noted that the solemn ceremony is held at a time when the multi-ethnic nation of Uzbekistan is widely celebrating the 32nd anniversary of state independence. The head of our state paid attention to a number of important issues of bringing relations with the countries represented by the new ambassadors to a completely new level in terms of quality and content. Addressing the newly appointed ambassador from China, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan noted that Beijing is one of our reliable and time-tested friends, and relations with it have grown to the level of comprehensive strategic partnership in recent years. - The historic state visit of the President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping to our country a year ago and our fruitful meeting within the framework of the "Central Asia - China" summit held in Xi'an in May this year gave a strong impetus to bilateral relations. , - said the leader of Uzbekistan. Within the framework of the implementation of agreements reached at a high level, increasing mutual trade, expanding partnerships with leading Chinese companies in the areas of high technology and innovation, "green" economy, digitization, artificial intelligence, renewable energy, advanced industry and infrastructure, Special attention is being paid to the implementation of joint projects and programs on "smart" agriculture, medicine and pharmaceuticals, and to the acceleration of scientific-educational and cultural exchanges. A high-level meeting is planned to be held in China in October within the framework of the upcoming "One Place, One Road" international forum. Malaysia is an important partner of Uzbekistan in Southeast Asia. - Our relations are developing consistently based on the principles of mutual respect and traditional friendship. The views and approaches of our countries to current global and regional issues are similar or close, said the President of Uzbekistan. The importance of further development of cooperation in electronics and electrical engineering, information technology, food industry, tourism, education and other areas, and the importance of expanding partnerships with leading Malaysian companies, especially petrochemical enterprises, was emphasized. "Binari" University of Malaysia is successfully working in Tashkent and Urganch. Active mutual visits also create a good basis for high-level meetings. Great Britain, which has a huge political, economic and intellectual potential in the world, is a long-term and important partner of Uzbekistan. In recent years, extensive relations between our countries based on friendship and mutual respect have been established, are developing steadily, and are enriched with new projects and concrete programs. Cooperation between parliaments, judicial authorities, ministries of justice, education and finance is expanding. Uzbekistan and Great Britain have established close cooperation within the framework of the United Nations and other prestigious international organizations. In the economic direction, the volume of mutual trade is increasing at a high rate. The head of Uzbekistan noted that our country is interested in the full realization of the huge untapped potential in the field of investments and innovations, and called for new opportunities in banking and finance, digital economy, "green" energy, geology, chemistry and other priority areas. proposed the implementation of joint projects. Turkmenistan is our closest neighbor. Our peoples, who share the same language, religion and customs, have been living side by side for many centuries. It was noted with pleasure that the relations between our countries have risen to a new level in recent years in all areas - politics, inter-parliamentary relations, trade and economy, transport, energy, water and agriculture, cultural and humanitarian sphere. The recent visit of the President of Uzbekistan to Ashgabat, productive talks with the national leader of the Turkmen people, the Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov served to deepen the strategic partnership. - We have a huge potential to expand trade relations, strengthen cooperation in the economic sphere and implement specific projects, increase the volume of cargo transportation and transit, - said the leader of Uzbekistan.