Negotiations between the Presidents of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan confirmed the readiness of the countries to increase cooperation

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev continued negotiations with the participation of official delegations of the two countries.

The heads of state discussed in detail the prospects for further strengthening the Uzbek-Kazakh strategic partnership and multifaceted cooperation. Priority attention is paid to issues of expanding trade and economic cooperation, including increasing mutual trade, the implementation of joint cooperation projects, interaction in the field of transit and logistics, energy, water and agriculture. Measures to build up interregional and cultural and humanitarian exchanges were considered.

Also, an exchange of views took place on topical issues of the global and regional agenda, interaction between international structures.

The President of our country stressed that Uzbekistan highly appreciates the especially warm fraternal relations of our peoples.

The leaders of the two countries, in order to further strengthen the strategic partnership, expressed their intention to establish the Supreme Interstate Council, the Council of Interparliamentary Cooperation and the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Uzbekistan.

During the talks, new “points of growth”, main priorities and target tasks of bilateral cooperation were identified.

There is a great potential for a significant expansion of the range and volumes of mutual deliveries of products in demand by replacing imports from third countries. This is confirmed by the dynamic growth in the volume of mutual trade this year, which is expected to reach a record high of $ 4 billion.

It was noted that all the possibilities exist to bring this indicator to ten billion dollars in the next five years. To this end, the parties agreed to adopt the Roadmap, develop wholesale distribution centers and joint agricultural clusters.