Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Uzbekistan and the United States plan to hold the first meeting in the format of a strategic partnership dialogue by the end of June 2021. This was announced today by the press secretary and official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan, Yusup Kabuljanov.

According to him, the first meeting in the format of a strategic partnership dialogue will be held in Tashkent.

In May 2018, Uzbekistan and the United States signed a joint political statement "Uzbekistan - USA: the beginning of a new era of strategic partnership."

In November 2020, following the results of the Uzbek-American political consultations in Washington, it was decided to increase the format of annual regular contacts to the level of a strategic partnership dialogue.