Foreign minister of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov on 10 January received the newly appointed extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of Egypt Amani al-Itr, press service said Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan said.

Ambassador presented copies of her credentials.

During the meeting, the sides discussed issues of Uzbek-Egyptian cooperation in bilateral and multilateral formats.

Special attention was paid to the prospective areas of cooperation in political, trade, economic and cultural, humanitarian spheres. The parties emphasized mutual interest in expanding the legal base of relations and exchanging experience in the development of the tourism sector.