Bulgaria’s President Georgi Parvanov and Uzbekistan’s Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyayev participated at the signing ceremony, which took place at Samarkand city administration.

The Plovdiv City Council made the decision for starting sister city relations with Samarkand last month after the authorities of the Uzbek cities expressed interest in cooperation in the fields of higher education, tourism, and trade.

The signing of the agreement was held as part of the programme of the four-day state visit of the Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov to Uzbekistan.