Altai krai delegation holds talks at Ministry of Foreign Trade
23/11/2017 16:21
Altai krai delegation holds talks at Ministry of Foreign Trade
23/11/2017 16:21
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Ministry of Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan hosted a meeting with a delegation of the Altai krai (Russian Federation) led by Deputy Chairman of the Government of Altai krai Viktor Meshcheryakov.
The parties reviewed the current state and prospects of trade and economic cooperation between Uzbekistan and Russia. The potential of cooperation in the fields of agriculture, engineering, pharmaceuticals and other areas was noted.
The Russian delegation was informed about the reforms under the leadership of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, aimed at further liberalization of the economy.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan Sukhrob Saifnazarov said that Uzbekistan and Russia are developing interregional cooperation and many delegations of Russia visited Uzbekistan.
“The volume of trade between our countries in the first nine months of this year has grown by almost 19 percent. We have a great potential for cooperation with the Altai krai, in particular, in such areas as textile, horticultural, tanning products. Your visit will also help to establish contacts for supply of products of Altai companies to Uzbekistan. The enterprises of the machine-building industry of Uzbekistan have quite serious capacities, "he added.
“We are ready to cooperate with your trade networks for delivery of fruit and vegetable products. We are also discussing the possible opening of trade houses of Uzbekistan in the regions of Russia, including in Altai krai. It is necessary to intensify our cooperation within the framework of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. We will introduce entrepreneurs, this will allow us to establish trade, economic and cultural ties. Another area that we can jointly develop is tourism. We know that the Altai krai is one of the ten dynamically developing tourist regions of Russia. We also have something to show,” Sukhrob Saifnazarov said.
Deputy Chairman of the Government of the region Viktor Meshcheryakov said: “Our delegation is represented by the heads of 13 enterprises. We attach great importance to this visit and are also interested in increasing mutual trade turnover. We plan to establish long-term partnership relations.”
Trade representative of Russia in the Republic of Uzbekistan Andrei Mokrousov noted that the friendly meeting showed great interest of the Uzbek side in the development of relations.
“Today, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan outlined sectors of industry that may be of interest to the Uzbek side. These are the products of Altai machine-building enterprises, and from our side, there is interest in the field of purchasing agricultural products from Uzbekistan. I think that a lot of joint work is ahead of us, "the trade representative stressed.
Following the meeting, the sides expressed interest in continuing the joint work.
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