Uzbek President receives head of Eurasian Economic Commission Board

Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev received Bakytzhan Sagintayev, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission, on October 22.

The sides noted with satisfaction the consistent expansion of mutually beneficial cooperation between Uzbekistan and the Eurasian Economic Union, in which Uzbekistan takes part as an observer state. Trade and investment with EAEU countries continue to grow, and logistics links are strengthening. Uzbekistan actively participates in the union's key sectoral programmes, including digitalisation of trade and freight transport, e-commerce development and the climate agenda.

Four meetings of the joint working group with the Eurasian Economic Commission have been held, and a roadmap on aligning technical regulation systems has been approved. Uzbekistan has become a full member of the Eurasian Development Bank, with which a portfolio of cooperation projects has been formed. The parties agreed to hold another working group meeting before the end of the year. They also stressed the importance of adopting a new Cooperation Plan aimed at reducing trade barriers, deepening cooperation and digitalising customs and transport procedures.