MOSCOW. Nov 14 (Interfax-AVN) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said that "relations at a most trusting level," are being established between Russia and Uzbekistan.
"An alliance is the most trusting level of relations for sovereign states," Putin told a news conference following his negotiations with Uzbek President Islam Karimov.
The alliance agreement signed by Putin and Karimov "brings our relations to a qualitatively new level and makes them as close as they can be," Putin said.