Pakistan, Uzbekistan agree to strengthen bilateral trade

Dunya News

FM Qureshi said Pakistan wanted to strengthen relations with Central Asian states.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Pakistan and Uzbekistan on Monday agreed to strengthen bilateral trade, setting the target of touching $300 million as trade volume.

The agreement was reached during the delegation-level talks as Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Uzbekistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Elyor Ganiev led their respective sides at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The two sides discussed implementation of the decisions taken by their leaderships in previous high-level meetings.

Foreign Minister Qureshi said the visit of Uzbek Deputy Prime Minister to Pakistan would strengthen economic strategic partnership and enhance regional cooperation.

He said Pakistan wanted to strengthen relations with Central Asian states. Uzbekistan’s ministers for Transport, Investment and Foreign Trade also attended the meeting.