Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met Eurasian Economic Commission Board Chairman Bakytzhan Sagintayev on October 22.
The meeting noted the steady expansion of mutually beneficial cooperation between Uzbekistan, an observer country, and the Eurasian Economic Union. Mutual trade and investment with EAEU countries are growing, while logistics links are strengthening.
Uzbekistan is involved in key sectoral programmes of the union, including the digitization of trade and freight transport, the development of e-commerce and the climate agenda.
The joint working group with the Eurasian Economic Commission has held four meetings, and a roadmap for bringing technical regulation systems closer together has been approved. Uzbekistan has become a full member of the Eurasian Development Bank, with a portfolio of cooperation projects established with the bank.
The sides agreed to hold the next working group meeting by the end of the year. They also stressed the importance of adopting a new cooperation plan focused on reducing trade barriers, deepening cooperation and digitizing customs and transport procedures.
