Kazakh, Uzbek Foreign Ministries held talks

ASTANA. August 26. KAZINFORM   The Foreign Ministers of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan held talks in Astana August 24-25, the Kazakh MFA press service said.

The head of Kazakh delegates was Vice FM Nurlan Yermekbayev. Vice Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Islamov was in the head of Uzbek delegation.

The parties discussed the issues of interaction within the SCO, OSCE, CICA, UN and prior direction and prospects for the activity in the field of economy, security and humanitarian sphere in the Central Asian region.

The Uzbek side expressed support to the oncoming Kazakhstan's OSCE chairmanship in 2010. The Kazakh side, in its turn, expressed support to the Uzbekistan's SCO chairmanship this year.

The sides exchanged opinions on topical issues of the bilateral cooperation in the political, trade-economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres, including the ways of further strengthening of the strategic partnership between two countries. The two countries' officials noted the necessity of development of coordinated and mutually acceptable mechanisms on joint use of the water-energy resources in the region.