Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the Presidential Complex in Ankara on Thursday, with the two leaders discussing bilateral relations and regional and global issues and witnessing the signing of five agreements, the Communications Directorate said.

According to an official statement from the directorate, Erdogan said Türkiye and Uzbekistan would continue taking steps to further strengthen their relations, which have the status of a high-level strategic partnership, across various sectors, particularly trade, investment, mining, transportation and the defense industry, The Caspian Post reports, citing Anadolu Agency.

Erdogan also expressed confidence that the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) would continue to grow stronger through new cooperation initiatives. He said he hoped the current OTS leaders' summit in Ankara, attended by both himself and Mirziyoyev, would mark an important milestone in this process.

The Turkish president also invited Mirziyoyev to the leaders' summit of the COP31 UN Climate Change Conference, scheduled for November 11-12 in Antalya, southern Türkiye.

Following their meeting, the two leaders attended a ceremony marking the signing of five agreements and protocols between the countries.

According to the Turkish Presidency, the documents covered trade, social security, transportation, the business community and bilateral cooperation.

The first was an additional protocol amending the March 29, 2022, protocol on exchanging information about vehicles and goods crossing the borders of the two countries.

The second was a protocol amending the preferential trade agreement between Türkiye and Uzbekistan, while the third was a social security agreement between the governments of the two countries.

The fourth document was an administrative arrangement governing the implementation of the social security agreement between the two governments.

The fifth was an agreement to establish a High-Level Council on Enhancing the Business Community between the governments of Türkiye and Uzbekistan.