president of uzbekistan shavkat mirziyuev, according to the kremlin press service, the leaders discussed preparations for the upcoming state visit of the russian president to the republic. in addition, they discussed expanding cooperation and strengthening bilateral relations. putin and mirziyoyev paid special attention to increasing trade turnover, cooperation between leading enterprises, and promoting cultural and humanitarian exchange programs. well, now astana, where the heads of the foreign ministry met sco countries the member countries of the council of foreign ministers of the shanghai cooperation organization expressed confidence that the continuity of tehran's foreign policy will be maintained, including in relation to the organization. the head of the russian foreign ministry, sergei lavrov, told reporters about this. he also noted that during the meeting, the participants expressed their most sincere condolences and solidarity with the iranian people. our sapkor in the region, robert frantsev, closely followed the progress of the meeting. now he is in direct contact with the