The official visit to Japan has ended

The events of the busy program of the official visit of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Japan have ended.

During his stay in the Japanese capital, the head of our state held meetings and negotiations with the Emperor of Japan Naruhito, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, leaders of both houses of Parliament, members of the parliamentary League of Friendship with Uzbekistan, members of the government, the mayor of the city of Nara, as well as rectors of leading Japanese universities.

Issues of expanding practical interaction and multifaceted cooperation in political, trade-economic, investment and cultural-humanitarian spheres.

As part of the business part of the visit program, a business forum and bilateral meetings were held with the heads of large Japanese companies and financial institutions.

The main result of the visit was the signing between the leaders of the two countries of a Joint Statement on an expanded strategic partnership for future generations, which brings the Uzbek-Japanese relations to a qualitatively new level.

A solid package of agreements was adopted in the field of education, healthcare, ecology, water resources, transport, urban planning, tourism, agriculture, disaster risk reduction.

The President of Uzbekistan also took part and spoke at the first summit of the “Central Asia + Japan” Dialogue, during which he announced a number of important initiatives for further development cooperation in this format.

Following the results of the summit, the Tokyo Declaration was adopted.

As part of the visit program, the Days of Culture of Uzbekistan were held in Tokyo, which included a concert of art masters, a photo exhibition “New Uzbekistan” and an exhibition of applied arts.

At the end of the events in Japan, the President Uzbekistan left on a working visit to Russia to participate in the upcoming meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council and the informal summit of leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States in St. Petersburg.

The distinguished guest was seen off at Haneda International Airport by Member of the Japanese Parliament Muneo Suzuki, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Otsuru Tetsuya and other officials faces.