Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan Sardor Umurzakov received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkey to Uzbekistan Olgan Bekar.

A broad agenda of cooperation, issues of cooperation in the investment, trade-economic and transport-logistics were discussed at the meeting.

The projects, programs and activities under development were considered in detail. The parties focused on measures to further increase the number of joint investment projects and increase the volume of mutual trade. A decision was made to intensify work on the completion of the approval of the draft agreement on preferential trade.

Issues related to the activities of Turkish investors in Uzbekistan were also considered. The parties discussed algorithms for solving several issues and outlined further steps to promote these projects. The Uzbek side expressed its commitment to close cooperation with Turkish entrepreneurs and providing them with practical support in solving emerging issues.

Further actions to enhance transport links between the two countries and develop transit potential were also discussed.

Guzal Sattorova, UzA