Uzbekistan, U.S., Afghanistan hold consultations on regional cooperation

AKIPRESS.COM - The trilateral meeting of the delegations of Uzbekistan, United States and Afghanistan was held on the sidelines of the 8th Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process Ministerial Conference, the Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan said.
The delegation of Uzbekistan was led by President's Special Representative for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev, U.S. delegation by Acting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Alice Wells, Afghan delegation by acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Idris Zaman.
The ways to expand trade between the Central Asian states and Afghanistan, cooperation in socio-economic reconstruction of Afghanistan, involvement of Afghanistan into regional integration processes were discussed during the consultations.
The sides agreed to hold trilateral consultations regularly to discuss ways to further deepen relations between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, to consider ways to facilitate such cooperation.