Malaysia, Uzbekistan to strengthen bilateral ties in numerous fields

KUALA LUMPUR (May 22): Malaysia dan Uzbekistan are to strengthen further bilateral ties and cooperation in fields like trade, investment, tourism, education, health, technical cooperation and human resource development, and people to people contact.

Both sides also shared their views on regional and international issues including the situation in Uzbekistan's neighbouring state of Afghanistan, through the meetings between Malaysian Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar and his Uzbekistan counterpart, Furkat Sidikov.

According to a statement issued by the Malaysian Foreign Ministry (Wisma Putra) on Sunday (May 22), during his visit to the Central Asian nation from May 19-21, Kamarudin also paid courtesy call on the country's Deputy Prime Minister Aziz Abdukhakimov, who is also the Uzbekistan's Tourism and Cultural Heritage Minister.

Kamarudin also called on Uzbekistan's legislative assembly speaker Nurdinjon Ismoilov.

The year 2022 denotes the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic ties between Malaysia and Uzbekistan, and the courtesy calls made by Kamarudin has successfully contributed towards the efforts to enhance bilateral ties and cooperation.

According to Wisma Putra, Uzbekistan is the second largest trading partner of Malaysia in Central Asia with bilateral trade from January-October 2021 worth US$45.53 million (RM195.78 million).