President Mirziyoyev receives PM of Kazakhstan

Tashkent, The Gulf Observer: President Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Alikhan Smailov on Friday, who is in the country to participate in the next meeting of the joint intergovernmental commission.

As the press service of the President of Uzbekistan reported, issues of further deepening the Uzbek-Kazakh relations of strategic partnership and alliance, expanding multifaceted cooperation were considered.

During the meeting, the dynamic development of bilateral relations was noted with satisfaction. In 2022, trade increased by 18%, and by 12% since the beginning of this year. There are more than 3 thousand joint ventures. The volume of cargo transportation is increasing. Active humanitarian exchanges continue.

The President of Uzbekistan highly appreciated the fruitful results of the meeting of the commission, first of all, the agreements reached on the promotion of priority economic projects, including the creation of an international center for industrial cooperation.

Particular attention was paid to increasing trade and balancing the performance of export-import transactions in order to achieve the target of $10 billion in the coming years. For these purposes, the importance of launching the activities of a foreign trade company as soon as possible was noted.

In addition, expansion of the portfolio of investment projects in such areas as mechanical engineering, energy, mining, transport and logistics, textile, food and other industries has been identified as a priority task.