Tajikistan-Uzbekistan trade surges past $400M in 9 months
The two-way trade between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan reached over $440 million in the first nine months of the current year, Khovar reports.
This milestone was announced at a Nov.15 meeting in Tashkent between the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, and the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
The leaders emphasized that there is ample potential to further increase this figure.
They expressed satisfaction with the steady progress of the interstate political dialogue.
Utmost attention was paid to expanding trade and economic cooperation, fully leveraging existing opportunities in strategically important sectors such as energy, industry, and agriculture, as well as strengthening ties in the adoption of innovative technologies.
Earlier, Qazinform News Agency reported that Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan had ratified the agreement on border crossing point.
