TASHKENT, April 23. /Dunyo IA/. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov who arrived in the country for a visit at Samarkand airport yesterday, reports Dunyo IA correspondent.

"Glad to welcome Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia H.E. Sergey Lavrov in Samarkand, - the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan wrote in his telegram channel. - We are planning to have comprehensive and substantive talks covering a wide range of issues on our bilateral and multilateral agendas. We look forward to the further development of the comprehensive cooperation between Uzbekistan and Russia for the benefit of our peoples".