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- 20.02.2023 08:20:00
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The head of the Department for Cooperation with European Countries and EU Institutions, Aibek Shakhavdinov, held talks with the Deputy Director of the Department of Continental Europe of the French Foreign Ministry, Sylvain Guillaume, in the format of a videoconference. This is reported by the news agency "Doone".
The meeting was also attended by Ambassador of Uzbekistan to France and Portugal Sardor Rustambayev and Ambassador of France to Uzbekistan Orelia Bouchez.
During the meeting, the sides discussed issues of timely and full implementation of all agreements reached following the summit visit to France, including in the trade, economic and investment spheres.
In particular, the parties decided to hold in April the visit of the Minister-delegate for Foreign Trade, economic attractiveness and French citizens abroad Olivier Besht to Uzbekistan, as well as to hold the 9th meeting of the Uzbek-French Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Issues, as well as bilateral meetings with the participation of the movement of French MEDEF enterprises.
The issue of holding the 14th round of political consultations between the two countries in Paris in 2023 was also discussed.
Recently, an agreement was reached on cooperation to increase the volume of exports of textile products from Uzbekistan to the French markets and the effective use of the Common System of Preferences "GSP+".
In the field of education, in particular, special attention was paid to accelerating the creation of an Uzbek-French joint university and organizing the activities of the “French Alliance" in the city of Samarkand.
