Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 31 July, a meeting was held at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the format of a videoconference between the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan Davron Vakhabov and the Chairman of the Egyptian Businessmen’s Association Ali Heimi Eissi.

The meeting was also attended by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the Arab Republic of Egypt Mansurbek Kilichev, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the Republic of Uzbekistan Amira Fahmy, Executive Director of the Egyptian Businessmen Association Muhammad Yusuf, and Senator of the city of Port Said Adel El Lamey.

During the meeting, the parties discussed possible areas for expanding mutually beneficial cooperation between the business circles of the two countries, including the proposal to form working groups to study promising areas of cooperation, organize joint business forums, mutual visits.

As a result of the meeting, an Agreement was signed on the establishment of the Uzbek-Egyptian Business Council between the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Egyptian Businessmen Association.