Foreign Ministers of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan discuss issues of regional cooperation during the pandemic

NUR-SULTAN, April 22, 2020 - At the initiative of Uzbekistan, the Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi and Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov held a phone conversation.

During the conversation, they discussed upcoming meetings in May 2020 within the framework of Uzbekistan's chairmanship of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). In this vein, Kazakhstan supported Uzbekistan's initiative to hold a video conference of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers.

The Foreign Ministers noted the importance of coordinating efforts to minimize the negative consequences of the pandemic on the economies of both countries, including the need to maintain high rates of trade and economic cooperation as well as the unhampered transit of freight vehicles engaged in international transport.

They also separately considered the preparation of events at the high and highest levels. In addition, they confirmed the mutual determination of Nur-Sultan and Tashkent to maintain a high level of political, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian cooperation.