The chief prosecutors of Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement on cooperation in investigation and information exchange

On November 7, a meeting between the Prosecutor General of Uzbekistan Nigmatilla Yoldoshev and the Prosecutor General of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Sheikh Saud Abdullah Al-Muajib was held in Tashkent.

According to the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office, during the dialogue, the parties discussed issues of legal cooperation, promising directions for further development of mutual relations between the law enforcement bodies of the two countries.

At the end of the meeting, the parties signed a memorandum of understanding between the Prosecutor General's Office of Uzbekistan and the Prosecutor's Office of Saudi Arabia.

According to the Saudi news agency, the memorandum is aimed at cooperation in the investigation of terrorism and its financing, money laundering, especially organized crime. Also, the agreement envisages support for the exchange of information in areas of mutual interest, research in the legal field, and the organization of scientific and practical training between the two prosecutor's offices.

"The purpose of the visit is to strengthen international judicial relations between the Prosecutor's Office of Saudi Arabia and its Uzbek counterpart, to strengthen efforts to prevent crime and advance international legal practice," the report said.