The Deputy PM/Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade Sardor Umurzakov held talks the Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala via conference call.
During the conversation, the parties discussed the status of the process of Uzbekistan's WTO accession, as well as the ways to further advance talks in this area, outlined in the new Roadmap of events for 2022, developed jointly with the organization's secretariat in order to step up the negotiation process.
The key topic of the talks was the preparation for the upcoming 5th meeting of the working group on Uzbekistan's accession to the WTO. The parties also considered progress of the elaboration of new documents submitted by Uzbekistan to the WTO Secretariat for the meeting, as well as other issues of a substantive and organizational nature.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala expressed commitment to providing comprehensive support to Uzbekistan in the process of joining the organization and enhancing bilateral cooperation for the prompt resolution of emerging issues. In this vein, N. Okonjo-Iweala voiced the readiness of the WTO Secretariat to expand technical assistance to Uzbekistan to support bilateral and multilateral negotiations with member countries of the organization.
Following the meeting, the parties agreed to maintain a close and regular dialogue for swift progress in resolving the issues discussed.
