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Lee urges Uzbek Senate support for South Korea partnership agreements
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung met Uzbek Senate speaker Tanzila Narbaeva in Seoul on Monday.
The meeting followed a September visit by Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, when the countries agreed to deepen cooperation.
Their relationship is being elevated to a special strategic partnership.
The agreements cover critical minerals, artificial intelligence, digital transformation, and cultural and human exchanges.
Lee asked Narbaeva to help secure the Uzbek parliament's support for carrying out the summit agreements.
Narbaeva pledged to play an active role in promoting ties, as the two countries seek to strengthen mutually beneficial economic cooperation.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung urged Uzbekistan’s Senate speaker to help secure parliament’s support for agreements between the two countries.
Lee met Tanzila Narbaeva, chairwoman of Uzbekistan’s Senate, at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Monday.
The agreements followed a September summit between Lee and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
The leaders agreed to strengthen cooperation in critical mineral supply chains, artificial intelligence, digital transformation, and human and cultural exchanges.
Narbaeva pledged to play an active role in promoting bilateral ties.
- Who
- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Uzbek Senate chairwoman Tanzila Narbaeva.
- What
- Lee urged Narbaeva to help secure Uzbek parliament support for implementing agreements from a summit with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
- When
- Monday, November 9, 2026.
- Where
- Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, South Korea.
- Why
- Lee sought support for implementing the summit agreements and strengthening ties between South Korea and Uzbekistan.
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Lee and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a summit in Seoul and agreed to strengthen cooperation in several areas.
Lee met Uzbek Senate chairwoman Tanzila Narbaeva in Seoul and urged her to help secure parliamentary support for the summit agreements.
- Meeting date
- November 9, 2026
- Meeting place
- Cheong Wa Dae, Seoul
- Uzbek Senate chairwoman
- Tanzila Narbaeva
- Summit partner
- Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev
- Cooperation areas
- Critical minerals, artificial intelligence, digital transformation, and human and cultural exchanges