Mirziyoyev received the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan in Tashkent

On May 5, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Alikhan Smailov, who is in our country to participate in the next meeting of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission. This was reported by the press service of the president. Issues of further development of Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan strategic partnership and alliance relations, expansion of multilateral cooperation were discussed. At the beginning of the meeting, Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov conveyed the sincere greetings and best wishes of the President of Kazakhstan Qasim-Jomart Tokayev to the leader of our country. It was noted with satisfaction that bilateral relations are rapidly developing. In 2022, trade has increased by 18%, and by 12% since the beginning of this year. More than three thousand joint ventures are operating. Cargo volume is increasing. Active humanitarian exchanges continue. The President of Uzbekistan highly appreciated the fruitful results of the meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission, first of all, the agreements reached on the promotion of priority economic projects, including the establishment of the International Center for Industrial Cooperation. In recent years, special attention has been paid to increasing trade and ensuring the balance of export-import operations in order to reach the target of 10 billion dollars. For this purpose, the importance of launching the foreign trade company as soon as possible was emphasized. In addition, expanding the portfolio of investment projects in engineering, energy, mining industry, transport and logistics, textile, food and other industries was set as a priority.