The Uzbek Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade said that Uzbekistan and Turkey want to improve their partnership in the transportation and logistics industry, Trend News Agency reports.
Laziz Kudratov, the first deputy minister of investments and foreign trade of Uzbekistan, and Volkan Agar, the deputy minister of trade of Turkey, discussed the prospects for putting into practice practical measures to improve transportation infrastructure, diversify travel routes, and boost the volume of direct and transit cargo transportation between the two countries.
The potential for putting into practice practical steps to improve transportation infrastructure, diversify travel routes, and boost the amount of direct and transit freight traffic between the two states was discussed in the discussion.
The parties talked about how to trade and economic relations between the two nations are now doing and what they could look like in the future.
The parties specifically stated their willingness to take appropriate measures to broaden the scope and boost the amount of bilateral trade after exchanging views on the positive trend in its growth, including by speeding up the process of ratifying the Preferential Trade Agreement, removing trade barriers and obstacles, streamlining customs clearance in the implementation of trade activities, and implementing digital payments.
Following the discussion, a decision was made to intensify collaboration in order to carry out the projects and initiatives that had been addressed.
