Russian president Vladimir Putin in a conversation with his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev discussed the situation in Afghanistan and agreed on further personal contacts, the Kremlin press service said on Tuesday.
"A telephone conversation was held between Russian president Vladimir Putin and Uzbek president Shavkat Mirziyoyev, during which the situation in Afghanistan was discussed and further personal contacts were agreed upon," the statement said.
Mirziyoyev will participate in the summit of the Shanghai cooperation organization, which will be held in Dushanbe on September 16-17. On the margins of that event, he had planned to hold a series of meetings, including one with Putin.
However, the Russian head of state said on Tuesday that he would self-isolate because of cases of covid in his entourage. With this in mind, the Russian president will attend this week's CSTO Collective security council session in Dushanbe, a meeting of the Shanghai cooperation organization's Council of heads of state and a joint videoconference meeting of CSTO and SCO heads of state.
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Based on materials from TASS