Road, railway connectivity with Cars discussed
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Tuesday that the road and rail link projects between Pakistan and Central Asian countries will not only unite business communities but also usher in a new era of peace and prosperity in the region.
This came during the Prime Minister’s meeting with a high-ranking delegation from Uzbekistan headed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Khojjiv Jams hid Abdul Hakimovich in Islamabad.
The Prime Minister welcomed the fruitful discussions between the business communities of the two countries, “since the establishment of contacts between businessmen would enhance bilateral trade and investment.”
Recalling his recent meetings with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Samarkand and the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Astana, Shahbaz reiterated the determination of Pakistan to further improve the current situation. Relations between the two sister countries.
They expressed their satisfaction that the bilateral relations between Pakistan and Uzbekistan are deepening further and the pace of interaction is on a positive path.
A day earlier, Pakistan and Uzbekistan signed an agreement to implement the preferential trade agreement between Pakistan and Uzbekistan, which will come into effect from February 1, 2023, with the aim of increasing the trade volume to one billion dollars.
In order to overcome the problems faced by Pakistani and Uzbek carriers, the two countries have agreed to address all relevant issues with the Afghan authorities. This will be done in a joint visit to Kabul in the last week of January 2023, after completing a joint agenda to be presented to the Afghan side. Recalling his recent meetings with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Samarkand and the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Astana, Shahbaz reiterated the determination of Pakistan to further improve the current situation. Relations between the two sister countries.
