On January 28, 2019, the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Ilhom Nematov met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of Bangladesh Masud Mannan, the press service of the MFA reported.

During the meeting, the sides exchanged views on the key issues of interstate relations and considered prospects for their further development in 2019.

The proposals on holding the first round of the Uzbek-Bangladesh ministerial political consultations, the third meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation were discussed.

At the meeting, special attention was paid to the draft bilateral documents under consideration by the parties, including agreements on air traffic and on cooperation in the cultural sphere.