On behalf of the multiethnic people of Uzbekistan, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has expressed sincere gratitude to the heads of state and government, prominent foreign political and public figures, chiefs of international organizations and financial institutions for their congratulatory letters on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of our national independence.

Uzbekistan’s leader thanked the partners for the high evaluation and support for the extensive transformation and socio-economic reforms underway in the country, attention to the consolidation of bilateral relations of friendship and the multifaceted cooperation, as well as for the effective interaction in overcoming the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic.

The President stressed our country’s openness and readiness to enhance long-term partnership with foreign nations and international organizations, to promote joint projects and programs in trade, economy, investments, innovation, transport, tourism, science, medicine, education, culture and other priority areas, to continue constructive dialogue within the framework of multilateral bodies on pressing issues of the global and regional agenda.

It is worth reminding that this year, more than a hundred leaders of foreign states and international organizations have sent their congratulations on the Independence Day of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

They have included:

UN Secretary General António Guterres;

President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin;

President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping;

President of the United States of America Donald Trump;

The first President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev;

President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev;

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov;

President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon;

President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sooronbai Jeenbekov;

President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani;

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev;

President of the Republic of Armenia Armen Sarkissian;

Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan;

President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko;

President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili;

President of the Republic of Moldova Igor Dodon;

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky;

President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan;

President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae In;

Emperor of Japan Naruhito;

President of the Republic of India Ram Nath Kovind;

President of the Federal Republic of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier;

President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron;

President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella;

Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;

King Philippe of the Belgians;

King Felipe VI of Spain;

King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands;

King Karl XVI Gustaf of Sweden;

President of the Republic of Austria Alexander van der Bellen;

President of the Republic of Bulgaria Rumen Radev;

President of Hungary János Áder;

President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou;

President of the Republic of Latvia Egils Levits;

President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda;

President of Romania Klaus Werner Iohannis;

President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić;

President of the Slovak Republic Zuzana Čaputova;

President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö;

President of the Czech Republic Miloš Zeman;

President of the Swiss Confederation Simonetta Sommaruga;

President of the Republic of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid;

Head of the Catholic Church Francis;

King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia;

Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud;

President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan;

Deputy Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the UAE Armed Forces, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan;

Vice President, Prime Minister of the UAE, Ruler of the Emirate of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum;

President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah al-Sisi;

President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani;

President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Arif Alvi;

Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Imran Khan;

President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune;

President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Abdul Hamid;

Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina Wazed;

President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa;

Sultan Haitham bin Tariq of Oman;

King Hamad Ibn Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain;

King Abdullah II of Jordan;

Crown Prince Nawaf al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah of the State of Kuwait;

President of the State of Israel Reuven Rivlin;

President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas;

Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia David Hurley;

President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo;

King Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin al-Mustafa Billah of Malaysia;

Prime Minister of Malaysia Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin;

President of the Republic of Singapore Halimah Yacob;

President of the Republic of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte;

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of the State of Brunei Darussalam;

President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Bounnhang Vorachith;

President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar U Win Myint;

President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal Bidhya Devi Bhandari;

President of the Republic of Maldives Ibrahim Mohamed Solih;

President of the Republic of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez;

Jose Daniel Ortega Saavedra, President of the Republic of Nicaragua;

Prime Minister of Jamaica Andrew Michael Holness;

Director General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Qu Dongyu;

Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization Zurab Pololikashvili;

Secretary General of the World Customs Organization Kunio Mikuriya;

Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Yuosef al-Othaimeen;

Director General of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Salim al-Malik;

Secretary General of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States Baghdad Amreev;

Chairman of the Executive Committee – CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev;

President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development Gilbert Houngbo and others.

Source: Official website of the President of Uzbekistan