05.03.2025

On March 5 President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received a Georgian delegation headed by the Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, who is staying in our country with an official visit.

In the beginning of the meeting the high guest passed to the Head of our state sincere greetings and best wishes from the President of Georgia Mikheil Kavelashvili.

The issues of expanding mutually beneficial cooperation in trade and economic, investment, transportation and logistics, tourism and cultural spheres were considered.

The activation of contacts at the level of parliaments and governments was noted with particular satisfaction. In 2024, the mutual trade turnover increased by 50 percent, the number of joint ventures and cargo turnover increased. Direct flights between the capitals are carried out. There is a digital bank in our country, created with the participation of Georgian investors. In the humanitarian dimension, the Days of Uzbek Culture and Film were successfully held in Tbilisi last year.

In the course of the conversation, fruitful outcomes of the regular meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission held in the city of Tashkent these days were highly appreciated.

Importance of taking coordinated measures on maintaining the dynamics of trade turnover, ensuring balance between exports and imports, promoting industrial cooperation projects, efficient use of transport and transit potential, as well as active involvement of regions of the two countries in economic cooperation was noted.

Special attention was paid to the expansion of partnership and exchanges in the field of digitalization and development of tourism infrastructure.

It was agreed to maintain close interaction at the level of the governments of Uzbekistan and Georgia for practical implementation of the agreements reached.