At a meeting with the media, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif shared their assessments of the talks.

At the outset, Mirziyoyev highlighted the fruitful results of the meetings, emphasizing that this historic visit opens a new page in the Uzbek-Pakistani strategic partnership.

The President of Uzbekistan highly appreciated the dynamic development of bilateral cooperation in recent years. The volume of trade turnover has exceeded $400 million, 130 joint ventures have been established, trade houses have been opened in Karachi and Tashkent. Air flights between Tashkent and Lahore have been resumed. 

In the focus of attention were the issues of drastic increase in the volume and expansion of the nomenclature of mutual trade, strengthening of industrial cooperation, development of transport interconnectivity, support and creation of favorable conditions for business.

The importance of promoting projects in pharmaceuticals, agrarian sector, agricultural machinery, geology and mineral resources, textile, leather and other industries with export of finished products to third country markets. The leaders agreed to continue close contacts and mutual support within the framework of global and regional structures, including the United Nations, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and others. 

"Caspian Energy Media" reports with reference to Official web-site of the President of Uzbekistan.