Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov awarded the President of Uzbekistan

Avaza, August 5 - Arzuw.news. The Congress Center of the National Tourist Zone "Avaza" under the chairmanship of the National Leader of the Turkmen people Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov hosted an event on the preparation of the seventh Consultative Meeting of Heads of State of Central Asia. This is reported by the State News Agency of Turkmenistan.

The key event of the meeting was the awarding of the Order "Hyzmatdaşlygy ösdürmäge goşandy üçin" ("For Contribution to the Development of Cooperation") to the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The National Leader of the Turkmen people personally presented the state award to the Uzbek leader.

The award was given for Shavkat Mirziyoyev's personal contribution to the development of bilateral relations between Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, strengthening friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation between the peoples of the two countries.

The preparatory event is an important milestone ahead of the Seventh Consultative Meeting of Central Asian Heads of State to be held in Tashkent. The Avaza meeting was held simultaneously with the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries, underscoring the growing international standing of neutral Turkmenistan.

Consultative meetings of the heads of Central Asian states over the past years have demonstrated the effectiveness of the format of regional cooperation between the countries of the region.