On December 21, 2023, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation Oleg Malginov was invited to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan. During the meeting, the representative of Russia was informed in principle that in our country, the statement of the co-chairman of the Fair Russia - For Truth party, Zakhar Prilepin, at a conference at the Rossiya Segodnya press center with a proposal to annex the territory of Uzbekistan to Russia was received with a sense of deep concern.