INDIA-India and Uzbekistan on July 6 agreed to boost cooperation in fighting terrorism and in the field of defence and cyber security as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov, on his first stop on his Central Asian tour. Modi and Karimov also discussed ways to boost connectivity and trade on uranium supplies to India. The joint statement issued after the talks said “President Karimov noted that strengthening relations with India is one of the top foreign policy priorities of Uzbekistan, while Modi emphasised that a strong strategic partnership between India and Uzbekistan is a key pillar of India’s engagement with Central Asia”. (Indo-Asian News Service/India Digest)…[+]