Contracts worth 8 billion dollars were signed between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan

Today, on 22 December, at the end of the Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan summit, a document signing ceremony was held between the leaders of the two countries.  This was reported by the press service of the President of Uzbekistan.

The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the President of Kazakhstan Kasim-Jomart Tokayev signed historical documents – the agreement on the Establishment of Allied Relations and the agreement on the Demarcation of the Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan State Border  .

In addition, 15 documents were adopted aimed at deepening multilateral cooperation at the level of the governments, ministries and agencies of the two countries, and large companies.

Agreements on the establishment of the “Central Asia” International Industrial Cooperation Center, on cooperation in the field of environmental protection, and on cooperation in the field of higher education and post-higher education  , including the protocol on amendments to the intergovernmental agreement on the conditions of mutual arrival and departure of citizens dated 7 July 2000.

Also, strategic reforms, development of e-commerce, memoranda in the fields of forestry, public service, “roadmaps” on expanding cooperation between Tashkent and Turkestan, Navoi and Kyzylorda, Jizzakh and Turkestan regions.  Agreements on the implementation of projects in energy, chemical industry, transport and logistics were accepted.

It is noted that trade and investment agreements worth 8 billion dollars were signed during the visit.