Uzbekistan and Slovenia strengthen ties with new trade and cooperation agreements

By Euronews

Published connected 29/05/2025 - 14:34 GMT+2•Updated 15:11

The landmark sojourn of Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Slovenia was marked by high-level discussions and a associated business forum, successful a first travel of its benignant successful 20 years.

Uzbekistan is Slovenia's second-largest overseas waste and acquisition partner successful Central Asia, and nan 2 scheme to summation waste and acquisition turnover to €500 cardinal by further expanding nan speech of equipment and services and finance opportunities.

During nan visit, Mirziyoyev and his Slovenian counterpart Nataša Pirc Musar participated successful a business forum attended by complete 100 business and waste and acquisition enterprises from some countries.

A symbolic flower-laying ceremonial astatine nan Memorial to nan Victims of All Wars successful Ljubljana's Zvezda Park underscored "a motion of respect for nan representation of nan fallen and committedness to nan ideals of bid and humanism," Uzbekistan's president's agency said successful a statement.

In a abstracted gathering pinch Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob, nan 2 governments announced nan signing of respective bilateral agreements, including visa exemptions for negotiated passport holders, arsenic good arsenic practice successful transportation, logistics, education, science, civilization and tourism.

"The speech was an opportunity to fortify practice betwixt nan 2 countries - some governmental and economic," Golob said successful a connection connected Facebook.

"Together, we build bridges betwixt our countries - based connected trust, knowledge and communal goals," he added.

Both nations person besides discussed establishing nonstop aerial lines and easing Uzbekistan's entree to nan EU marketplace done Slovenia's larboard of Koper.

Meanwhile, nan recently established Intergovernmental Commission's first gathering is scheduled for July successful Ljubljana.

Uzbekistan's exports to Slovenia see garments, specialised chemic products and precision tools, while Slovenia exports ceramics, chromatic products and furniture.

Diplomatic relations betwixt nan 2 countries were established successful 1993, pursuing nan declarations of independency by Slovenia and Uzbekistan from nan erstwhile Yugoslavia and nan Soviet Union, respectively.