On October 4, 2016, in Brussels, in the framework of participation of the delegation of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the international conference on Afghanistan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulaziz Kamilov held a bilateral meeting with the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani.

At the beginning of the meeting the Minister on behalf of the leadership of Uzbekistan conveyed to the President of Afghanistan a gratitude for his personal participation at the funeral ceremonies in Samarkand and his sincere words of condolences to the Uzbek people on the passing away of the First President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov.

During the conversation topical issues of Uzbek-Afghan agenda, including the state and prospects of cooperation in political, trade-economic, transport and communications and other fields were discussed.

The sides supported the activation of contacts at different levels in order to strengthen the relations of friendship and neighborhood relations between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.