During the meeting Uzbek leader said: “Today we are witnessing dynamic growth of our relations with the European Union.” He said that the present realities require creation of conditions for a constructive and mutually beneficial bilateral dialogue.

In his turn, the EU Commissioner for Development expressed gratitude to the President of Uzbekistan for the warm reception. He emphasized that the United Europe had a great interest in expansion of political and trade-economic partnership with Uzbekistan.

Andris Piegalbs stated: “That path, which Uzbekistan has passed over 20 years and what it achieved, including stable growth of economy during the crisis, is impressive. I have read your Friday report and fully agree with you that democracy is stability and stability of situation. It is always in the process of development. There are no universal recipes.”

“Taking this opportunity, I would like to thank you for your wisdom demonstrated in regards to the known events on the south of Kyrgyzstan, as well as efforts in socio-economic rehabilitation of Afghanistan,” he added.

During the meeting, the sides exchanged opinion on perspectives of development of bilateral cooperation and other issues of mutual interest, UzA reported.