Welcoming the guest, Islam Karimov said the Uzbek-US relations were developing stably and consistently in all directions, UzA reported.

During the meeting, the present state and perspectives of relations between the two countries were discussed. The sides also considered issues of regional security and stability, as well as other topics of mutual interest.

Denis McDonough passed the personal message of the US President Barack Obama to President Islam Karimov and noted that the United States highly valued the participation of Uzbekistan in the socioeconomic revival of Afghanistan.

The US representative expressed sincere gratitude to the President of Uzbekistan for warm welcome and underlined his country’s interest in development of long-term relations with Uzbekistan.