On April 29, the President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Uzbekistan on a state visit at the invitation of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev. 

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulla Aripov met the President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan at Tashkent International Airport named after Islam Karimov. 

After the solemn ceremony of meeting, the delegation of Turkey left for the residence allocated for them. 

As previously reported, during the political dialogue at the highest level it is planned to discuss ways of further building up multifaceted cooperation, consolidating and developing new promising trends in bilateral relations. A special attention will be paid to regional and international agenda, including issues of countering global and regional challenges and threats. 

Within the framework of the state visit, the President of Turkey will address the joint session of the chambers of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, take part in a joint business forum of heads of leading banks and companies of Uzbekistan and Turkey. 

Delegation of Turkey will visit Bukhara during the visit. 

The main events of the visit will take place on April 30 and May1.