President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on 6 November sent a congratulatory letter to Donald Trump on his victory and election as the president of the United States of America. The full text of the message was published by president’s press service.

“I cordially congratulate you on the election as President of the United States of America, and it gives me a great pleasure to offer you my sincere congratulations and best wishes,” the letter says.

“Your convincing election victory once again clearly confirmed that the American people actively support your programs and plans aimed at strengthening the international prestige and economic power of the United States, ensuring global development and prosperity, as an experienced and skillful politician,” Shavkat Mirziyoyev stressed.

“We highly appreciate the unwavering position of the United States of America in supporting our country’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as the ongoing support for our extensive reforms that have become irreversible,” he noted.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev emphasized that “it was during your first presidential term, after our fruitful talks held in May 2018 at the White House, that a new stage of strategic partnership between Uzbekistan and the United States was started”.

“Thanks to your personal attention, our interstate relations have attained an unprecedented level of development and our political dialogue built on mutual trust, respect and support has been strengthened, trade and economic, military-technical, humanitarian and security cooperation has been significantly intensified,” president of Uzbekistan highlighted.

“We remain interested in continuing friendly relations with the US Administration under your leadership and full implementation of all agreements reached at high and the highest levels. We also support further expansion of regional cooperation within the „C5+1“ platform and the United States-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework,” he underscored.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev expressed confidence that “joint efforts will effectively enrich cooperation in political-diplomatic, trade-economic, bank-financial, energy, transport spheres, as well as in agriculture, digitalization, innovations, education and other areas with new projects”.

“I believe that in the future, ensuring stable peace in Afghanistan and promoting its economic and social development will become an integral part of our cooperation,” the president added.

“In order to bring our long-term and comprehensive relations to a new level, we eagerly look forward to your official visit to Uzbekistan,” he noted.

Congratulating Donald Trump “on this historic victory”, Shavkat Mirziyoyev wished him “good health, happiness and success in your responsible activity and to the friendly American people peace, harmony and sustainable progress”.