Delegation of Kyrgyzstan visits Ministry of Foreign Trade and other ministries of Uzbekistan
03/12/2018 17:28
Delegation of Kyrgyzstan visits Ministry of Foreign Trade and other ministries of Uzbekistan
03/12/2018 17:28
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- From 28 November to 1 December 2018, a delegation of the Kyrgyz Republic headed by Kyrgyz Minister of Economy Oleg Pankratov visited Tashkent on a working visit. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan.
The main purpose of the visit was to discuss the implementation of the agreements and intergovernmental agreements reached between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan within the framework of the meetings of the presidents of the two countries in 2017. Also issues of promoting business contacts, identifying prospects for cooperation in trade, transport and industry were discussed.
Within the visit, a cooperation exchange, expert meetings, visits to industrial enterprises of Tashkent and Tashkent region were held.
On the first day of the visit, the delegates visited the show-room of the Association “Uztextileprom”, the confectionery factory Crafers and LLC Artel Group, where they got acquainted with the production process and discussed opportunities for cooperation.
On 29 November, a cooperation exchange and bilateral meetings in the B2B format were organized with the participation of the business circles of the two countries in the areas of the agricultural and food industries, telecommunications, construction, the mining industry, engineering, etc.
Along with the cooperation exchange, expert-level meetings were held to discuss issues of Kyrgyz-Uzbek cooperation in the production of building materials, engineering, chemical, oil and gas, and mining and metallurgy, transport and banking.
The delegation of Kyrgyzstan also visited the first international exhibition fair Made in Uzbekistan, where a wide range of products manufactured in Uzbekistan was presented.
During the visit, bilateral meetings were held in the Ministry of Foreign Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan and the khokimiyat of Tashkent.
On 30 November, the International Trade Center hosted a meeting of heads of ministries and departments of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, where they discussed the implementation of previously reached agreements and prospects for expanding bilateral trade and economic cooperation.
“The visit of a delegation of experts from the Kyrgyz Republic consisting of representatives of such a wide range of ministries and departments we consider as a good opportunity to “check the clock”, carefully analyze the process of implementing the agreements and determine further joint measures to increase trade and economic relations,” Uzbekistan’s Foreign Trade Minister Jamshid Khojaev said.
It was also stressed that during the summit meetings, the heads of the two states set the task to increase bilateral trade to US$500 million in the near future. The parties expressed firm confidence that the task will be completed at the scheduled time. This year there has been an active growth in bilateral trade. During the period from January to October 2018, trade between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan reached US$325 million, a 50% increase over the same period last year.
In turn, Oleg Pankratov, head of the delegation of the Kyrgyz Republic, stressed that the Kyrgyz side is interested in developing bilateral relations in the long term, and also highly appreciated the initiative of the President of Uzbekistan Sh.M. Mirziyeva in expanding interregional cooperation between the countries, which contributes to the establishment of strong friendly and mutually beneficial contacts between the business circles of the two countries.
During the negotiations, held in a friendly and constructive atmosphere, a number of agreements were reached. At the end of the visit of the Kyrgyz delegation, on 1 December 2018, the signing ceremony of the final protocol was held at the Ministry of Foreign Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
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