Accompanied by his Uzbek counterpart Islam Karimov, Dmitriy Medvedev passed the honorary guard. The state anthems of the two states were played, UzA reported.

Islam Karimov and Dmitriy Medvedev then started their face-to-face talk. The presidents are expected to consider a wide range of issues of Uzbek-Russian relations, as well as regional and international problems.

The political and economic ties of Uzbekistan and Russia are quite active and wide. The two countries support each other on the international arena. This is a result of the commonness and closeness of views on certain issues and problems.

Such an approach is clearly seen in the problem of establishing peace in Afghanistan, in the energy security issue, and in the state and social building.