This is the first official visit of the Chairman of the State Duma to the Republic since 2006. The Chairman of the State Duma emphasized that the pause in relations between the two countries is over.
“The dynamics are set by our presidents. It brings us great responsibilities,“ he said, stressing that ”a lot of decisions have been made, and it is important for us not to lag behind, and do everything to ensure legislatively those decisions and legally reinforce them.“
Nuriddinjon Ismailov supported his Russian counterpart, stressing that ”parliamentarians should provide legislative support to these decisions.“
“Our
inter-parliamentary relations between the Legislative Chamber and the State
Duma have intensified significantly,” he stressed. Nuriddinjon Ismailov thanked
Viacheslav Volodin
Vyacheslav Victorovich
The Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the eighth convocation. Elected in single mandate constituency № 163 (Saratov constituency - Saratov Oblast)
for his personal contribution to the development of relations
between the two countries.
“We would like to establish cooperation on the exchange of legislative experience,” said the Speaker of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis, noting that it is necessary to intensify contacts at the level of relevant committees, commissions and friendship groups.
In his turn, the Chairman of the State Duma invited Nuriddinjon Ismailov to Moscow, and urged to intensify joint work on inter-parliamentary platforms ”to discuss model legislative approaches through these formats and seek solutions to common problems and challenges.“
“I hope we will meet more often,” said Viacheslav Volodin. He invited the delegation of Uzbekistan to participate in the Conference on Counter-Terrorism and Interregional Cooperation, which will be held in October in Istanbul.
During the meeting, Viacheslav Volodin and Nuriddinjon Ismailov discussed the development of relations in various fields, including economics, business and humanitarian cooperation.
Viacheslav Volodin noted that ”the Republic of Uzbekistan is a strategic partner for us and ally in Central Asia.“
He recalled that trade last year reached $ 4.4 billion and ”this is not the limit.“ As he said, there is a task to reach a turnover up to $10 billion.
Viacheslav Volodin also stressed that 2.2 million Uzbek citizens work in Russia, almost 29 thousand people from Uzbekistan study in Russia, “this is a very good indicator and the basis for developing relations in this area.” There are six branches of Russian universities in the Republic, and, according to Viacheslav Volodin, four more are planned to be opened.
The Chairman of the State Duma paid special attention to the respectful attitude to the Russian language in Uzbekistan: it is studied in more than 900 schools and in all universities.
