AKIPRESS.COM - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with the UN Under-Secretary-General, UNODC Executive Director Ghada Waly, who arrived in Uzbekistan on a working visit.

Cooperation in response to current challenges and threats to global and regional security was in focus of discussions.

They praised the achieved high level and productive nature of practical cooperation between Uzbekistan and UNODC.

A new regional cooperation program on drugs and crime for Central Asia was launched during visit of Ms. Ghada Waly.