The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin continued negotiations in an expanded format with the participation of official delegations of the two countries, the press service of the head of our state reports.
Issues of further development and deepening of Uzbek-Russian relations of comprehensive strategic partnership and alliance, primarily in the political, trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian spheres, were substantively discussed.
The current highest level and special nature of bilateral relations, covering all areas and areas of interstate interaction, were noted with satisfaction.
– Your state visit can rightfully be called historic. It marks the beginning of a new milestone in the relations of comprehensive strategic partnership and alliance between our countries, – Shavkat Mirziyoyev emphasized.
During the negotiations, the parties agreed to continue intensive contacts at the level of parliaments, governments, ministries, departments, regions, the public, expert and business circles.
To achieve this, the full capabilities of the Joint Commission at the level of heads of government and the Intergovernmental Commission will be used, the next meetings of which will be held before the end of this year.
The need to continue regular political consultations and close interaction within international and regional structures, including the UN, CIS, SCO and other multilateral platforms, was also noted.
The stable dynamics of mutual trade turnover was noted with satisfaction. Over the past 7 years it has increased 2.5 times. The parties agreed on a new target – to reach trade volumes of $30 billion in the near future.
To help achieve this goal, a full-fledged trade mission of Uzbekistan in Russia will be launched.
For the current summit, new industrial cooperation projects in energy, metallurgy, petrochemicals, mechanical engineering, mining, agriculture, logistics, pharmaceuticals, artificial intelligence and many other areas worth over $20 billion have been developed.
To promote such projects, a joint Investment platform is being launched.
In the energy sector, agreements were reached on modernizing the gas transportation system, increasing the volume of supplies of gas, oil and petroleum products, and implementing hydrocarbon processing projects.
In addition, during the visit, agreements will be signed on the implementation of a project to build a low-power nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan.
The growing cooperation between regions was especially noted. Last week, the leaders of all regions of Uzbekistan visited Russia. Today, under the chairmanship of the heads of state, the first meeting of the Council of Regions of Uzbekistan and Russia will be held.
A number of important areas were also considered, including food security, projects in the field of innovation, digital technologies, artificial intelligence, and migration.
Active exchanges will continue in the fields of culture and art, science, healthcare, tourism, youth and sports.
The parties welcomed the agreements on opening branches of the Bauman Moscow Technical University and the All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade in Uzbekistan.
During the meeting, brief reports by members of the delegations were heard with specific proposals in various areas of practical interaction.
Following the negotiations, the heads of state instructed to adopt “road maps” for each area with implementation mechanisms.