Strong Pak-Uzbek trade ties to ensure win-win situation: PM

July 16, 2021: Prime Minister Imran Khan has offered Uzbekistan to benefit from Pakistan’s geo-strategic location, a market of 220 million people and providing access to Middle East and Africa.

Speaking at a joint news conference with the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Tashkent, he said Pakistan’s strong trade relations with Uzbekistan, which is a big country in Central Asia, would be a win-win for the two countries.

He welcomed the agreements signed between the two countries private sectors and said it would benefit the two countries.

The Prime Minister said that Pakistan wants to benefit from the expertise of Uzbekistan, which manufactures agricultural implements.

The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev in his remarks expressed his pleasure over the signing of a Joint Agreement on Strategic Partnership as well as the trade agreements worth 500 million dollars signed between the two private sector businessmen.

He said that the realization and implementation of railway project from Uzbekistan to Pakistan will strengthen connectivity for the mutual benefit.

Radio Pakistan