Meeting with the Head of the EU Delegation to the Republic of Uzbekistan

A meeting with Charlotte Adrian, Head of the EU Delegation to the Republic of Uzbekistan, was organized at the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade on 13 May.

During the negotiations, sides addressed issues of multifaceted commercial, economic, investment, financial and technical cooperation between Uzbekistan and the EU.

The issues of holding the 5th meeting of the Working Group on Uzbekistan’s accession to the WTO, the agenda of the forthcoming meeting of the Uzbek-European Union Cooperation Committee and other issues of mutual interest were discussed at the meeting.

In the first quarter of this year, there was a 30% increase in trade turnover between Uzbekistan and the EU, including a 56% increase in exports of Uzbek products to the European market due to the status of the beneficiary of the EU's GSP + Preferences system.

At the end of the event, participants consented to accelerate the implementation of joint initiatives and programs aimed at further expanding cooperation between Uzbekistan and the EU.