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Russia’s Putin arrives in Uzbekistan on third foreign trip of his new term
- Russian president to hold formal talks with Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev
- Vladimir Putin has already visited China and Belarus since securing re-election in May
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived on Sunday in the capital of Uzbekistan where he is to hold talks with President Shavkay Mirziyoyev, which are expected to focus on deepening the countries’ relations.
Putin laid a wreath at a monument to Uzbekistan’s independence in Tashkent and held what the Kremlin said were informal talks with Mirziyoyev.
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The formal meeting of the presidents is to take place on Monday.
The visit is Putin’s third foreign trip since being inaugurated for a fifth term in May.
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He first travelled to China, where he expressed appreciation for China’s proposals for talks to end the Ukraine conflict, and later to Belarus where Russia has deployed tactical nuclear weapons.
Ahead of the Uzbekistan trip, Putin and Mirziyoyev discussed an array of bilateral cooperation issues, including trade and economic relations, the Kremlin said.
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