Narendra Modi: "a tribute to the close cultural and people-to-people ties"

During a two-day state visit to Uzbekistan, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev laid a wreath together at the Yangi Uzbekistan Monument in Tashkent on Saturday, with Modi posting on X that the monument captures Uzbek ambition and development. Mirziyoyev had greeted Modi personally at the airport, a welcome Modi called warm and meaningful on his fourth trip to Uzbekistan. Modi will hold delegation-level talks to deepen cooperation in trade, investment, digital connectivity, defence, and energy. He also plans to visit the Shastri Memorial and Mahatma Gandhi Centre at Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies, which he described as representing the longstanding connections between the two countries’ citizens. The visit is meant to advance mutual goals, including India’s Viksit Bharat 2047 and Uzbekistan’s 2030 visions.