Uzbek-Indian political consultations held in Tashkent

On 16-18 March, 2010 the delegation led by the Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs of India Ms. Latha Reddy visited Uzbekistan to participate in political consultations between foreign ministries of two countries. The visit has become a logical continuation of meetings held by the Minister of External Affairs of India S.M. Krishna in October 2009 in Tashkent. During that visit Mr. S.M.Krishna was received by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov. Mr. S.M. Krishna also held talks with his Uzbek counterpart Mr. Vladimir Norov.

In the course of political consultations in Tashkent, the sides reviewed the present state of cooperation and discussed a wide-range of issues with regard to giving new impetus to mutually beneficial ties of two countries. The Indian delegation visited the Jawaharlal Nehru Center of Information Technologies at Tashkent University of Information Technologies. They were briefed about the activities of the Center and its teaching programs. At the meeting with the University management the sides elaborated on how to enhance the qualification of the Center’s teachers and training system.

Speaking on the outcomes of the visit Ms. Reddy said, “I am confident that our countries have excellent prospects for yet more developing bilateral relations whose history go back deep into the centuries. Now it is time for us to work for the benefit of future of our countries. We have discussed outstanding issues of our relations and set forth the prospects for enhancing cooperation in a number of areas including science, education, high technologies, international security and defense. I believe our countries have enormous potential for developing partnership in all these spheres”.

Ms. Reddy also said, “First time I visited Uzbekistan two years ago. This time I’ve had a chance to see ancient Samarkand. I should say that I was amazed by its beauty. We visited historical monuments of the city. They are really impressive, especially Registan square. I hope yet more tourists will visit Uzbekistan in the future to learn about ancient culture of your people and historical monuments of your wonderful country”.
 

Based on the report by Jahon Information Agency in Russian language