Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 1 December 2022, a ministerial meeting was held in the "Germany + Central Asia" format on the sidelines of the regular meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Lodz.

The event was attended by the heads of foreign policy departments of the Central Asian countries and Germany.

At the meeting, an exchange of views took place on topical issues of developing cooperation between the states of our region and Germany.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Vladimir Norov, in his speech, focused on topical issues of the Uzbek-German agenda, as well as interaction in the formats "Central Asia - Germany" and "Central Asia - EU".

The minister noted the fruitful results of the recent visit of German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock to Uzbekistan, which became another important step in further strengthening mutually beneficial cooperation.

As emphasized, the parties pay special attention to increasing trade turnover, the number of joint ventures, and attracting German technologies to our economy of Uzbekistan. In this regard, the need to hold regular meetings of the Intergovernmental Working Group on Trade and Investment, Intergovernmental negotiations on financial and technical cooperation, the German-Uzbek Business Council and others was stated.

The importance of implementing the agreements reached during the EU-Central Asia Summit (Astana, October 27), the EU-Central Asia Ministerial Meeting and the EU-Central Asia International Conference on Interconnectivity: “Global Gateway” for sustainable development” (Samarkand, on 17-18 November).