President Mirziyoyev concludes legit consult with to Malaysia

SEPANG: Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev departed for Tashkent this day after concluding a two-day legit consult with to Malaysia, geared toward strengthening bilateral kin.

A red-carpet farewell ceremony used to be held at the Bunga Raya Advanced, Kuala Lumpur Worldwide Airport (KLIA), that comes with a guard of honour by the First Battalion of the Royal Ranger Regiment.

Elevated Training Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir used to be designate to provide an rationalization for farewell to Mirziyoyev and his delegation. Their Uzbekistan Airways flight departed from KLIA at 8.50 pm.

Earlier, Malaysia and Uzbekistan reaffirmed their dedication to combating corruption while bettering cooperation in education, tourism, and other key sectors.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev have agreed to connect trade programmes between greater education institutions and research institutes to domesticate other folks-to-other folks ties and mutual notion between the 2 nations.

In a joint assertion this day, both leaders additionally pledged to leverage Malaysia’s Lumber to Malaysia 2026 marketing and marketing and marketing campaign and find opportunities in Islamic and halal tourism.

This involves promoting the Umrah programme, to advertise Malaysia and Uzbekistan as pre- and put up-pilgrimage destinations for visitors from both nations.

To toughen connectivity, they agreed to optimise the thunder Kuala Lumpur-Tashkent flight operated by Uzbekistan Airways and Batik Air Malaysia.

Anwar and Mirziyoyev additionally witnessed the trade of seven bilateral documents protecting cooperation in customs, academic-diplomatic collaboration, health, forensic sciences, culture, greater education, and the halal trade.

In 2024, Malaysia’s whole trade with Uzbekistan stood at RM369.8 million (USD80.9 million), reflecting a 13.2 percent decline from RM426.1 million (USD94 million) in 2023. The trade balance is in Malaysia’s favour at RM360.3 million (USD78.9 million).

Uzbekistan remains Malaysia’s second-most attention-grabbing trading partner in Central Asia.