Overview

• On August 12, Prime Minister Modi held a phone call with President Mirziyoyev in which both leaders confirmed their commitment to advance the India-Uzbekistan strategic partnership.
• They assessed progress in trade, connectivity, health, technology and people-to-people exchanges under their existing cooperation framework.
• The leaders exchanged perspectives on regional and global developments and agreed to maintain regular high-level contacts going forward.
• President Mirziyoyev extended warm greetings for India’s upcoming 79th Independence Day to Prime Minister Modi and the people of India.
• The call follows June talks between External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Uzbekistan’s Bakhtiyor Saidov and, according to Mint, was initiated by the Uzbek side days before an Alaska summit involving President Trump and President Putin.