President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov sent a message to the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, announcing that a tender for the design and construction of a modern cultural and recreation park “Tashkent” in Ashgabat has been announced in Turkmenistan in honor of the Uzbek capital. In this regard, he invited Uzbek companies to participate in the tender, the press service of the head of Uzbekistan said.
The Turkmen leader shared another important news with his Uzbek counterpart.
“The winner of the competition for the best socio-economic and cultural indicators by the results of 2020 among the districts of Turkmenistan has been announced. The winner of this competition was the district named after S.A. Niyazov of Dashoguz velayat, which received a prize of 1 million US dollars. It is worth noting that 99 percent of the population of this district are ethnic Uzbeks,” the message said.
In his letter, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov also expressed support for Uzbekistan's initiative to hold a high-level international conference on “Central and South Asia: Regional Interaction. Challenges and opportunities” in Tashkent on July 15-16.
"Given the importance of this forum, Turkmenistan will send an official delegation to participate in its work. I am confident that the work of the conference will be productive and the results will be a significant contribution to the further deepening of interaction and multilateral cooperation between the countries of Central and South Asia,” the message said.