The partnership between Russia and Uzbekistan has developed to a heightened level of strategic alliance in the recent years, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday, congratulating Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev with a 25th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations, Sputnik News reports.
''During the recent years, Russian-Uzbek ties grew to the level of strategic cooperation. A substantial political dialogue is developing, as well as a productive cooperation in the sphere of trade and economy, science and technologies, humanitarian and other spheres. Our countries are effectively cooperating in settling issues of regional and international agenda," Putin said in the letter.