One of the agreements was a Declaration on cooperation between cultural institutions of the two countries. It envisages the development of academic exchanges between the Alfred Cortot School of Music in Paris and the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan, as well as support for joint film projects.

An agreement was also signed on holding an exhibition “Uzbekistan: Avant-Garde in the Desert” in France and an international conference on museums and artificial intelligence in Samarkand on the sidelines of the 43rd session of the UNESCO General Conference.

Visit of the President of Uzbekistan to Paris

Earlier, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev presented the first copy of Victor Hugo's novel "The Man Who Laughs," translated into Uzbek, to French leader Emmanuel Macron.

In response, Mirziyoyev received a historical photograph of French photographer Paul Nadar,  "The Tamerlan's Gate," taken at the end of the 19th century.