Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Uzbekistan plans to open trade missions in several cities of Russia in the near future. This was stated by Deputy Chairman of the Association of Exporters of Uzbekistan Bobur Rasulev.

According to him, Uzbekistan plans to soon open trade missions in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, as well as in Tatarstan (Kazan) and Bashkortostan (Ufa).

Rasulev noted that contacts have already been established with the indicated Russian regions and their chambers of commerce and industry. Economic ties with them are also actively developing.

The purpose of opening these trade missions, according to Rasulev, is to improve the quality of trade and economic relations between Uzbekistan and Russia, as well as to study the marketing features of the Russian market, which certainly affects the development of mutual trade.

In addition, he added that Uzbekistan also plans to open about 10 trade missions in China and several European countries.