President of the Republic of Uzbekistan underlines the importance of expanding economic dialogue with the European Union

On March 27, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the European Union delegation headed by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission Kaja Kallas. Matters on expanding practical cooperation and preparing for the upcoming joint events were reviewed. 

At the beginning of the meeting, the distinguished guest conveyed sincere greetings and best wishes to the Head of our state from the President of the European Council António Costa and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.

Special attention was paid to the issues of holding the events of the first summit “Central Asia - European Union” on April 3-4 this year in the city of Samarkand. In this context, the fruitful results of the multilateral ministerial meeting held today in Ashgabat were highly appreciated.

The importance was stressed on promoting mutually beneficial cooperation between the two regions in such priority areas as trade and logistics, including unlocking the potential of the Trans-Caspian transport corridor, digitalization, “green” energy, ecology, modernization of infrastructure, and in other areas through the introduction of effective mechanisms for implementing initiatives and projects.

Issues of further deepening of Uzbekistan's relations with EU institutions have been considered.

The issues of adopting a new Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement and our country's accession to the World Trade Organization were discussed. 

An exchange of views on topical issues of international and regional policy was also held.