President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov as part of the program of the second Ministerial Meeting of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf - Central Asia (GCC + CA), which took place on April 15, 2024 in the city of Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

At the beginning of the meeting, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov conveyed to the President of Uzbekistan the greetings and best wishes of the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and the Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan reported this.

The President of Uzbekistan and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan discussed current issues of further development of Turkmen-Uzbek relations of friendship, good neighborliness and in-depth strategic partnership.

During the meeting, the parties noted with particular satisfaction the growth of mutual trade turnover, while mutually beneficial cooperation continues in the field of industrial cooperation, energy, transport and logistics, and agriculture.

There was also an exchange of views on current issues of the regional and international agenda.