BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 22. Uzbek Foreign
Minister held a productive phone conversation with Pakistan’s
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, during which the two
sides discussed regional developments and bilateral
cooperation.
This was reflected in the statement by the Foreign Minister of
Uzbekistan, following the phone call between Bakhtiyor Saidov,
Uzbek Foreign Minister, and Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and
Foreign Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar.
According to Saidov, Dar expressed appreciation for a letter
from Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Pakistani Prime Minister
Shehbaz Sharif acknowledging the signing of a Memorandum of
Understanding between the United States and Iran and commending
Pakistan’s mediation efforts throughout the process.
The ministers voiced confidence that the next stages of the
process would move forward constructively and that the
implementation of the understandings reached would help strengthen
regional security, stability, and mutual trust.
“We agreed to maintain close, trust-based and regular dialogue
between our ministries to further deepen the strategic partnership
between our two brotherly countries,” Saidov said following the
conversation.