PM Shehbaz felicitates Uzbek president on re-election
Pakistan
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LAHORE (Dunya News) - Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has congratulated the Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on his re-election in recent Uzbekistan’s presidential elections.
During a telephonic conversation, Premier Shahbaz Shareef termed re-election of President Mirziyoyev as the reiteration of the confidence of the Uzbek people in his leadership.
Underscoring the importance attached by Pakistan to bilateral relations with Uzbekistan, he noted with satisfaction the operationalization of the Preferential Trade Agreement and the Uzbekistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement.
Recalling their previous interactions in Samarkand and Astana, the two leaders discussed the prospects of accelerating regional development and agreed on the need to further expand bilateral cooperation in the fields of energy, connectivity, agriculture, IT, textiles, and logistics.
