Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sardor Umurzakov held a meeting with the Minister of Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Tajikistan Sherali Kabir.

During the meeting, the current state of bilateral cooperation in the fields of investment, industry, trade and transport was discussed. The implementation of the agreements reached during the visit of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the Republic of Tajikistan in June last year was discussed.

The parties discussed priority areas for the development of investment cooperation, and also agreed to intensify joint work on the implementation of industrial cooperation projects and improve conditions for the development of mutual trade by consistently abolishing existing tariff and non-tariff measures and simplifying the access of Uzbek and Tajik products to the markets of the two countries.

A constructive dialogue made it possible to substantively identify existing issues and develop optimal solutions to address them. Further joint actions are outlined to promote ongoing projects, as well as new directions for expanding mutually beneficial economic partnership.