President Hopes for Expansion of Tehran-Tashkent Ties

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi congratulated his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev on election victory, hoping for expansion of relations between Tehran and Tashkent in accordance with an already-formulated roadmap.
In a message on Monday posted on his website, the Iranian president congratulated Mirziyoyev on his reelection as the president of Uzbekistan.
Highlighting the determination of the two countries’ officials to promote relations, Raisi expressed hope that during the Uzbek president’s new term, the two countries would enhance ties according to the roadmap to cooperation and the previous agreements.
He also expressed hope that the bilateral relations would serve the mutual interests and promote regional and international peace and security.

Mirziyoyev was reelected with 87.1% of the vote on Sunday, attended by more than 15 million voters. He has led Central Asia’s most populous nation since 2016.
The Uzbek president had called a snap election after changing the constitution through a referendum which reset his term count and extended the presidential term from five to seven years.
Mirziyoyev had previously served as prime minister under his predecessor Islam Karimov, and had styled himself as a reformer since coming to power, promising to create a “New Uzbekistan”.