Minister congratulated the Ambassador on his appointment to Uzbekistan and wished success on a high and responsible post after a brief ceremony of presenting credentials. 

During the conversation, views were exchanged on priority areas for further strengthening the Uzbekistan – Greece dialogue in various spheres. 

The sides noted new positive trends in bilateral relations. In particular, over the past six months, two business forums have been held with participation of representatives of business circles, a Memorandum on cooperation between the chambers of commerce and industry of Uzbekistan and Athens has been signed, mutually beneficial projects are being developed, as well as contacts between higher education institutions of the two countries have been intensified. 

As it was emphasized, numerous meetings of the delegation of leading Greece companies in Uzbekistan should facilitate the search for new areas of cooperation. 

Mutual interest in resumption of regular inter-MFA political consultations, meetings of Intergovernmental Committee on trade-economic and scientific-technical cooperation, which allow to identify and transfer the existing significant potential of interaction into practice was confirmed. In the context of discussing individual international and regional problems, issues of mutual support within the UN and other multilateral structures were considered.