Uzbek President Islam Karimov underlined that Belgium is one of reliable partners of Uzbekistan in Eastern Europe and the relations are developing gradually in politics, trade-economic and humanitarian spheres.

Yves Leterme, in his turn, said that Belgium highly ranks cooperation with Uzbekistan with special attention to issues on developing mutual relations.

He underlined that favourable investment climate in Uzbekistan increases interest of Belgian businesses to implementation of joint projects with the Uzbek partners.

During the talks, the sides discussed the Uzbek-Belgium relations and other issues of mutual interest.