In the beginning of the conversation, the leader of our country and the first President of Kazakhstan exchanged warm congratulations on the occasion of coming New Year, expressing best wishes for peace, stability and prosperity of the people of the two brotherly countries. 

The high level of relations of friendship, good neighborliness, strategic partnership and alliance between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan was noted with special satisfaction, as well as continuous development of multifaceted cooperation in all priority areas of interaction.