The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyev announced the signing of an agreement on expanding and cooperating partnership with the EU. He declared this at the forum “Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Europe – cooperated for the benefit of the overall development” in Tashkent, reporting “Lenta.ru”. In the coming months, we will sign an agreement with the European Union. This decision will establish a strategic partnership between our region and the EU, Mir Miryev said. He also noted the role of Azerbaijan as a “strategic bridge” between Central Asia and Europe. We appreciate Ilham Aliyev's readiness to participate in new regional processes, he emphasized. On August 15, Ilham Aliyev noted the importance of the development of the Zangesur corridor, which will be part of important international traffic routes. He also noted that Azerbaijan did not consider the Azal plane crash in Kazakhstan as an intentional attack.
