 Your Excellency, Mr. Shafqat Mirziyoyev, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modiji, Ministers, Distinguished Guests, Members of the media, Ladies and gentlemen, I welcome you to today's ceremony where 17 documents will be exchanged. I will now announce the first three agreements. The first is the agreement for visa-free travel for diplomatic passport holders. Number two, program of cooperation between the ministries of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan and India for 2019-2020. Third, agreement on cooperation in the field of tourism. These three agreements will be exchanged on the side of Uzbekistan by the Foreign Minister, His Excellency, Mr. Abdul Aziz Kamilov, and on the Indian side by Shri Mati Shushma Swaraj, Minister of External Affairs. Fourth is a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the field of military education. This will be exchanged by His Excellency, Mr. Abdul Salam Azizov, Minister of Defense of Uzbekistan, and by Shri Mati Shushma Swaraj, Minister of External Affairs. Number five, MOU on cooperation in the sphere of law and justice to be exchanged by His Excellency, Mr. Ruslan Davletov, Minister of Justice of Uzbekistan, and by Shri Ravishankar Prasad, Minister of Law and Justice of India. Number six, agreement on cooperation in the field of agriculture and allied sectors to be exchanged by His Excellency, Mr. Abdul Aziz Kamilov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan, and Shri Radha Mohan Singh, Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare. Number seven, agreement on cooperation in scientific, technical and innovation fields to be exchanged by His Excellency, Mr. Abdurak Manov, Minister of Innovative Development, and Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Science and Technology, Earth Science and Environment and Climate Change. Number eight, agreement on cooperation in the field of health and medical science to be exchanged by His Excellency, Mr. Alisher Sadmanov, Minister of Health, and Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Science and Technology. Number nine, agreement on cooperation in pharmaceuticals to be exchanged by His Excellency, Mr. Alisher Sadmanov, Minister of Health, and Shri Mansook L. Mandavia, Minister of State, and the Ministry of Road Transport, Highway Shipping, Chemicals and Fertilizers. Number ten, memorandum of understanding for the establishment of the Uzbek-India Pharmaceutical and Free Zone of the Andean Region of Uzbekistan to be exchanged by Mr. Shukrat Bak Abdurak Manov, Cochem of Andean Region, and Shri Mansook L. Mandavia, MOS, Chemicals and Fertilizers. I now announce agreements number 11 and 12, MOU for cooperation in the area of national security. Number 12, agreement on cooperation in combating illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs. This will be exchanged by Mr. Viktor Makhmutov, Secretary to the Security Council of Uzbekistan and Shri Rajendra Khanna, Deputy National Security Advisor. Number 13, MOU between the Indian Council of World Affairs and the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies of Uzbekistan to be exchanged by Mr. Vladimir Norov, Director of the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies of Uzbekistan and Shreemati Ruchi Gansham, Secretary-West, Ministry of External Affairs. Number 14, agreement on cooperation in the exploration and uses of outer space for peaceful purposes to be exchanged by His Excellency Mr. Shurat Sadikov, Minister for Development of Information Technologies and Communications and Shri Vinod Kumar, Ambassador of India to Uzbekistan. Number 15, MOU between the Kokimiyat of Samarkand City and the Municipal Corporation of Agra to be exchanged by Mr. Furkot Rakimov, Kokim of Samarkand City and Shri Vinod Kumar, Ambassador of India to Uzbekistan. Number 16, MOU between Kokimiyat of Anjayan Region and the State of Gujarat to be exchanged by Mr. Shokratak Bek, Abdul Rakhmak Manof, Kokim of Anjayan Region and Shri Vinod Kumar, Ambassador of India to Uzbekistan. Number 17 is an agreement to establish the India-Uzbekistan Business Council. This has been signed by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan and CII of India to be exchanged by Mr. Atkham Ikramov, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan and Shri Chandrujit Banerjee, Director General, Conflatation of Indian Industry. Excellencies, this concludes the exchange of agreement ceremony. I now request the spokesperson of the Minister of External Affairs to conduct the proceedings. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I extend a warm welcome to you all to this press event. To begin the proceedings, may I invite the Prime Minister of India to deliver his statement to the press. Your Excellencies, and my friends, President Mirji Yoviv, from Uzbekistan, and friends of the Indian System Council, welcome. Greetings. President, this is your first state visit to India. I am very happy that you are traveling with your family and a special delegation. I am very happy to welcome you and your family as well as your delegation. In the midst of Uzbekistan and India, relations and relations of peace and harmony are the witness of our shared history and culture. A lot of such words are known in both countries. They are not just words, they are a union of hearts and emotions. I am proud and happy that the foundation of our relations is so strong. President, I met you during my trip to Uzbekistan in 2015. I am very impressed by your attitude towards India and your friendship. This is our fourth meeting. I feel that you are a great friend and friend. I am also very happy that you have a special delegation with you. Your Aadhesh and Mardarshan. In a few days, they will meet in India. Today, we have shared our friendship with India and Uzbekistan. We have also shared our strategic partnership with India. We have taken long-term view to strengthen our relations. We have taken long-term view to strengthen our relations. We have also taken long-term view to strengthen our relations. We have also taken long-term view to strengthen our relations. We have taken long-term view to strengthen our relations. We have taken long-term view to strengthen our relations. We have taken long-term view to strengthen our relations. We have taken long-term view to strengthen our relations. We have taken long-term view to strengthen our relations. We have taken long-term view to strengthen our relations. We have taken long-term view to strengthen our relations. We have taken long-term view to strengthen our relations. We have taken long-term view to strengthen our relations. We have taken long-term view to strengthen our relations. 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