State Visit by President Halimah Yacob to Uzbekistan, 23 to 25 May 2023

President Halimah Yacob was received by His Excellency Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan at the Kuksaroy Palace today. Both Presidents reaffirmed the warm bilateral relations as demonstrated in the exchange of State Visits in 2023 following President Mirziyoyev's visit to Singapore in January 2023.

President Halimah and President Mirziyoyev had a wide ranging dicussion on several areas of cooperation, including trade and investment, cultural exchanges, tourism promotion, parliamentary exchanges, education, and counter-extremism. Both leaders agreed that there was scope for Singapore and Uzbekistan to collaborate in the area of inter-faith dialogue as Singapore and Uzbekistan are multi-ethnic and multi-religious societies. President Halimah recalled her fruitful discussions with several Uzbek religious leaders earlier this morning and welcomed President Mirziyoyev's proposal to share Uzbekistan's experience at the International Conference of Cohesive Societies that is hosted by Singapore.

President Halimah and President Mirziyoyev also discussed Uzbekistan’s interest in Singapore's experience in public administration and governance through the Singapore Cooperation Programme and other collaboration with the Civil Service College and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.

Both Presidents also discussed ways to further strengthen trade and investment ties. President Mirziyoyev welcomed more Singapore companies to explore business opportunities in Uzbekistan. Both sides also agreed to explore the possibility of deepening cooperation in agri-food export to Singapore.

Following their meeting, President Halimah and President Mirziyoyev witnessed the exchange of four Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) [see Annex] in the areas of tourism, culture, security, and legal cooperation.

President Halimah will attend the Uzbekistan–Singapore Business Forum and visit the Academy of Public Administration (APA) later today. She will also be hosted to dinner by Her Excellency Tanzila Narbaeva, Chairperson of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis, and meet several female Uzbek parliamentarians.

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

SINGAPORE

24 MAY 2023

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Annex

Memorandum of Understanding on Tourism Cooperation between Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Uzbekistan and Singapore Tourism Board

Memorandum of Understanding on Cultural Cooperation between Government of Uzbekistan and Government of Singapore for 2023–2026

Memorandum of Understanding between Ministry of Interior of Uzbekistan and Ministry of Home Affairs of Singapore on Mutual Cooperation in Preventing and Combating Crime

Cooperation Programme between Ministry of Justice of Uzbekistan and Ministry of Law of Singapore for Calendar Years 2023 to 2024

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