On March 4 this year at the Oksaroy Residence in Tashkent the three newly appointed ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary – of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Turkey and South Korea to Uzbekistan – granted credentials of their mission to the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov.

According to the news agencies that reported the story in the Russian and Uzbek languages, as the Uzbek Leader received the credentials from Ambassador Boriibay Jeksembin of Kazakhstan, Ambassador Mehmet Sertac Sunmezai of Turkey and Ambassador Chon De-wan of South Korea, he has congratulated them on their appointment and wished them success in their mission to Uzbekistan.

During the short talks that followed the official ceremony the President and the Kazakhstan envoy believed that the Uzbek and Kazakh nations shared the community of history and similar customs. They have also underscored that the relations between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan developed based on the modern requirements both on bilateral and multilateral basis.

“Kazakhstan secures one of the leading positions in Uzbekistan’s foreign trade,” Ambassador Jeksembin told journalists prior to the ceremony. “Our countries develop not only the trade, but also undertake mutual investments. Kazakhstan imports the products of agriculture, chemical industry, construction materials, as well as many other goods and services from Uzbekistan. The Kazakhstan businesspeople are to offer Uzbekistan the new proposals. As an envoy I am going to pay a scrupulous attention to extending such ties.”

The relations between Uzbekistan and Turkey are dynamically developing in the trade, economic and financial spheres. In particular, the two states have established an active cooperation with Turkish partners in the textile and food industries. Many joint projects serve for extending the investment cooperation and supporting the direct contacts between Uzbek and Turkish businesses, the Uzbekistan National News Agency reported.

“In my mission I am going to channel all efforts to develop the trade, political and humanitarian relations between Uzbekistan and Turkey,” Ambassador Sunmezai of Turkey said while speaking to journalists.

By now Uzbekistan and South Korea took their relations up to the highest level, the Uzbekistan National News Agency wrote in its story. This is vividly confirmed by the results secured during the State visit paid by President Islam Karimov to the Republic of Korea last month.

To date, the volume of South Korean investments into Uzbekistan’s economy exceeded 2 billion US dollars. With implementation of the arrangements secured during the visit of the Uzbek Leader to Seoul such indicator will make up 5 billion dollars.

The two states also well cooperate in political, cultural and humanitarian spheres, according to reports.

“It should be underscored that the two leaders established solid friendly relations between each another”, Ambassador Chon De-wan said as he spoke to reporters prior to the ceremony. “This serves as an important factor in extending the relations.”