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President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov visited the Sultanate of Oman

6_st of October, at tuesday, 2009

At the talks of the President Islam Karimov and the Sultan of Oman Qaboos bin Said, the sides considered issues of development of bilateral cooperation and expansion of trade and economic relations.

Islam Karimov said that Uzbekistan highly valued cooperation with Oman. Qaboos bin Said, in turn, said the visit of the head of Uzbekistan was a historical event in the bilateral relations.

 

The relations between the two states have been steadily developing on the basis of the principles of friendship and mutual trust. The foreign ministries of Uzbekistan and Oman hold regular consultations.

The countries have common views on the issues of fighting terrorism, extremism, arms and drugs smuggling, etc. Oman highly values the efforts of Uzbekistan in strengthening security and stability in Central Asia and normalizing the situation in Afghanistan.

The trade and economic cooperation has also been developing between Uzbekistan and Oman. In 2007, the Cabinet of Uzbekistan approved the plan of actions to expand bilateral cooperation.

Last December, the delegation of Uzbekistan visited Oman and held talks in ministries and departments responsible for the fields of economy, trade, industry, labor, transport, communications and tourism, as well as at the Central Bank.

A business forum was also held during that visit with participation of more than 30 companies and several banks of Oman. A number of agreements were signed.