Minister of Investments, Industry and Trade Laziz Qudratov met yesterday with Ambassador of Qatar Hasan Hamza Hashem. During the conversation, the parties tha bilateral trade-economic and investment cooperation and reviewed the progress of implementation of the agreements reached during the visit of Sardor Umurzakov, the chief of the Presidential administration to Doha in February this year.
We are talking about the 1st meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on Trade-Economic and Technical Cooperation between the two countries in March and holding a joint business forum of the two countries in Tashkent.
During the negotiations, the sides agreed to set up a joint working group to ensure effective and timely implementation of all existing agreements between the two countries, to define new directions of bilateral cooperation, to establish partnership relations between business structures, to identify obstacles and to find solutions for their elimination.
According to the results of the meeting, it was agreed to accelerate the implementation of a number of joint projects, including the construction of steam-gas power plants in the Syrdarya and Surkhandarya provinces, and the launch of direct air flights between the capitals of the two countries by Qatar Airways in order to increase the flow of tourists and boost trade.