A delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan Jamshid Khodjayev is on a working visit to Geneva.

Meetings were held with representatives of international organizations.

Mr. Khodjayev held talks with WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. The parties discussed the issues of accelerating the process of Uzbekistan’s accession to the WTO, holding the 6th meeting of the working group. It was noted that to speed up the process of joining the organization, it is necessary to intensify bilateral negotiations with all member states on the import of goods and services and sign relevant agreements following the talks.

The WTO Director-General highly appreciated the actions of the government of the country aimed at joining the WTO, including ongoing negotiations with major member countries of the organization. She noted that thanks to the activity and initiative of Uzbekistan, positive growth rates are achieved in cooperation.

At the 6th meeting of the working group on Uzbekistan’s accession to the WTO, it is planned to consider more than 10 new documents on all aspects of the country’s trade regime.

UzA