Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia sent a congratulatory message to President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan on the latter’s national holiday, Independence Day anniversary.

"I would like to emphasize our sincere desire to develop mutually beneficial cooperation with Uzbekistan in all possible directions—both in bilateral and multilateral formats.

I am convinced that the traditional relations of friendship, trust, and mutual respect between our peoples are a reliable foundation for the further expansion of the Armenian-Uzbek interstate cooperation," the aforesaid congratulatory message reads, in part.