According to Kamilov, President of Uzbekistan will hold talks with the Korean President Lee Myung-bak. The sides will consider issues of mutual concern, he said.

He said that it will be Karimov’s seventh visit to Korea, an indication of strong Korea-Uzbekistan relations, which still have a lot of potential.

Uzbek minister said: “Uzbekistan has a particular interest in learning Korea’s knowhow in nurturing small- and medium-sized businesses,” and invited Korea’s entrepreneurs to an investment seminar scheduled for mid-September in Uzbekistan.

As reported earlier, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov visited this week Seoul to attend the Sixth Republic of Korea – Central Asia Cooperation Forum.