"Central Asia and Azerbaijan today constitute a single geopolitical and geoeconomic region with great potential, and even greater potential for development,"

Operativ Media reports that President Ilham Aliyev stated this in a joint press statement with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

The head of state emphasized that the overall positive development dynamics of this vast and already well-integrated region largely depend on close cooperation between Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan.