The leaders of Samarkand, Belgrade, Niğde, and Ryazan have agreed to collaborate on enhancing trade, economic, scientific, technical, and cultural relations.

Memorandums were signed on establishing sister-city ties between Kokand and Veliko Tarnovo, Rishtan and Turkistan, Bukhara and Ashgabat.

G. Khasanov, photos by A. Isroilov, UzA