First Inter-regional forum Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan takes place in Shymkent
19/11/2018 08:04
First Inter-regional forum Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan takes place in Shymkent
19/11/2018 08:04
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The first inter-regional Forum Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan was held in Shymkent last week.
The forum was chaired by First Deputy Prime Ministers of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, Askar Mamin and Achilbay Ramatov. The Forum was attended by heads of regions of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
Askar Mamin noted that 2018 was successful in the practical rapprochement of the two peoples in the cultural and trade and economic areas. He underlined the symbolism of the Forum in the context of the success of the Year of Uzbekistan in Kazakhstan, stressing that "a large number of events were held this year that will serve the further development of bilateral cooperation."
It was said that the trade turnover between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan in January-September 2018 made up over US$2 billion, which is more than 40% higher compared to the same period of 2017.
Mamin said that by the end of 2018, the trade turnover the two countries will be US$3 billion. At the same time, by 2020, the countries intend to bring the trade turnover to US$5 billion.
Askar Mamin and Achilbay Ramatov inspected the checkpoints on the border of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan - “Zhibek Zholy” and “Yallama”.
The parties noted that it is necessary to modernize the infrastructure of border crossing points using digital technologies, as well as speed up the reconstruction of existing border crossing points and work out the issues of opening two new border crossing points. Also, the parties noted that they need to build a bus station.
The most important area of cooperation between two countries should be industry, construction, transport, transit, tourism, etc.
First Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Achilbai Ramatov noted that “the partnership between the two countries has a solid foundation and a long-term perspective. At present, there are 260 enterprises in Uzbekistan with Kazakh capital in various sectors of the economy. The holding of the year of Uzbekistan in Kazakhstan will be the starting point for increasing cooperation in all spheres”.
Following the results of the Forum, the leaders of the regions of two countries signed 16 documents in the field of implementation of joint projects in priority sectors of the economy.
In particular, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan signed an agreement on mutual recognition of visa regimes by the Silk Road countries. KTZ Express JSC and Uzavtotranstekhnika Research and Production Center signed an agreement on the establishment of a joint venture.
Also, KazTransGas JSC and Uztransgaz JSC signed an Agreement on transportation of natural gas through the territory of Uzbekistan.
The first deputies of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan visited the exhibition complex “Korme”, in which the products of two countries of the industrial, automotive, chemical, textile, woodworking and other industries were represented.
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