President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the delegation headed by the Minister of National Defense of Turkey Yashar Güler, who was on a business visit to the country yesterday, June 26. This was reported by the press service of the president.

It is noted that at the beginning of the meeting, Guler conveyed to Mirziyoyev the sincere greetings and best wishes of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

"Taking into account the agreements reached during the high-level visit to Ankara on June 5-6, urgent issues of further deepening of comprehensive strategic partnership relations between Uzbekistan and Turkey were discussed," the report said.

Also, prospects for the development of military and military-technical cooperation, including strengthening of close inter-agency relations, organization of joint events, training of military specialists and other issues were discussed.

In addition, special attention is paid to strengthening and coordinating cooperation in the field of security, fighting terrorism, extremism and radicalism.

They exchanged views on ensuring peace and stability in the region, including the situation in Afghanistan.

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