Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan plan to jointly produce passenger cars

Bishkek, Oct. 17, 2022. /Kabar/. Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan will prepare an agreement for the joint production of agricultural machinery and cars. This became known during the meeting of Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to Uzbekistan Musa Dzhamanbaev with Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan Jamshid Khodzhaev, the press service of the Uzbek ministry told the Kabar Agency. The sides discussed the organization of the visit of the government delegation of Uzbekistan to develop new promising joint projects of industrial cooperation, conclude trade contracts, hold the 10th meeting of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission on Bilateral Cooperation and a business forum with the participation of the heads of regions of the two countries in Bishkek. The interlocutors agreed to increase the number of joint projects in the territories of the two countries in the production of finished textile, pharmaceutical, construction and agricultural products. To this end, it is planned to develop a program of trade and economic cooperation and the development of industrial cooperation for 2022-2025, as well as an Agreement on the organization of the production of agricultural machinery and cars and an Agreement on cooperation in the field of circulation of medicines and medical devices. At the meeting, it was noted that the Uzbek-Kyrgyz Development Fund had already begun financing a project in the field of urban transport in the amount of USD 1.85 million. An agreement was reached to work out financing for a project to create a spinning enterprise and jointly implement a project for the primary processing of travertine in Kyrgyzstan with the involvement of the fund.