Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan S.Umurzakov held meeting with Minister of Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Tajikistan Sh.Kabir.

During the meeting, the current state of bilateral cooperation in the fields of investment, industry, trade and transport was discussed. The course of implementation of the agreements reached during the visit of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the Republic of Tajikistan in June last year was discussed.

The parties discussed priority areas for the development of investment cooperation, and also agreed to intensify joint work to implement of industrial cooperation projects and to improve conditions for the development of mutual trade by consistently abolishing existing tariff and non-tariff measures and facilitating access of Uzbek and Tajik products to the markets of the two countries.

The constructive dialogue allowed the parties to identify the existing issues in detail and develop optimal solutions to resolve them. Further joint actions were agreed to promote the ongoing projects, as well as new directions for expanding mutually beneficial economic partnership.