DUSHANBE, January 7, 2015, Asia-Plus – U.S. President Barack Obama has congratulated his Uzbek counterpart Islam Karimov on the New Year. 

UzReport news agency reports that in his congratulatory message the President of the United States of America Barack Obama says: “On behalf of the American people I am sending you and people of Uzbekistan my best wishes, peace and prosperity in the New Year.

I look forward to strengthen the partnership between our countries and joint work on building a more stable and secure world for all in the coming year.”