Ambassador of Zimbabwe handed over credentials, addressed to the President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

At the meeting, the sides expressed assurance that appointment and accreditation of the first Ambassador of Zimbabwe to Uzbekistan will help to expand bilateral relations, use positive experience of cooperation within the UN and its divisions in other spheres of cooperation between two countries.

The sides exchanged opinion on perspective directions of development of Uzbek-Zimbabwean relations, first of all in trade-economic sector.

At the meeting, the sides also considered international and regional issues.