On May 18, the Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov hosted the visiting president of Bashkortostan (a subject of the Russian federation) Radiy Khabirov.
During the meeting, the parties discussed the prospects for further cooperation in the field of industry, including engineering, and agriculture. An important role was assigned to strengthening trade and economic relations.
The representative office of Bashkortostan is starting operating at the Russian Trade Mission in Uzbekistan. It is planned to expand cooperation in the fields of culture, science, education, and tourism.
Radiy Khabirov, expressed gratitude to the Uzbek side for the warm welcome of the delegation.
He noted that it included 96 business executives from Bashkortostan. They are holding b2b meetings with colleagues from Uzbekistan and had already signed a number of agreements.
In the total international trade volume, Uzbekistan ranks 11th with a share of 2.5 percent. In 2021, the volume of foreign trade turnover between Uzbekistan and Bashkortostan topped $113.3 million.
in Bashkortostan there are 56 Uzbek-invested enterprises in the areas of trade and catering, construction and utilities, real estate transactions, legal services, food production, furniture, paper products, industrial equipment, metal products, textiles, woodworking and transport.
