Mirziyoyev receives CIS Executive Secretary

AKIPRESS.COM - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the Chairman of the Executive Committee - CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev on Dec 23 who arrived in Tashkent as head of CIS Observer Mission.
Mirziyoyev praised the CIS Mission work during the preparation and holding of the elections to the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan and Local Councils.
Sergey Lebedev said te CIS Observer Mission included more than 180 representatives of the participating countries and the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth.
The CIS Executive Secretary noted that the elections were held "on a multiparty basis, were free, transparent, competitive, and became a significant factor in deepening democratic reforms in Uzbekistan," the Uzbek president's office said.
They exchanged views on prospects of multilateral cooperation between Uzbekistan and the CIS countries. Special attention was paid to effective organization of Uzbekistan's chairmanship in the CIS in 2020.