Eurasian Economic Union and Uzbekistan will consult on the establishment of a free trade zone. The agreement was reached during Vladimir Putin’s visit to Tashkent. After talks with Uzbek President Islam Karimov also signed an agreement on economic cooperation for the next four years.
The official visit of Russian President Uzbekistan positioned as a state. So already at the meeting – a guard of honor and national anthems.
Instead of the planned hours, Vladimir Putin and Islam Karimov talk more than two hours. As they say then – discussed everything. From the economy to stability in the region.
“Russia confidently holds first place among trade partners, we are trying to save this bar high. And Uzbekistan, of course, is one of the priority partners in the region. It goes without saying . I have in mind that Uzbekistan – the largest in the region and not for you and not for us to care about how a situation in the whole region, “- said Putin.
” We have always been proud that thousands Relations thousands of threads linked our peoples. If somebody set a goal to ignore this community, I think it’s useless, “- said Karimov.
The current turnover – this is not the limit, confident leaders. It can raise serious due to deliveries to the Russian market of Uzbek fruits and vegetables. They are able to successfully replace Europe. That is, the anti-Russian sanctions will be given a new answer.
“I have not spoken to the east of the turn, I would say about the use of the potential that exists. It is, above all, crop production, ie vegetables, fruits this traditional delivery. We just need to create a more comfortable environment, “- says Minister of Economic Development of Russia Alexei Ulyukayev.
The most as large projects – are still in the energy sector. “Lukoil”, for example, with the Uzbek partners is developing a group of gas condensate fields in the Bukhara region. The project is designed to 2039. During this time, is expected to attract up to five billion dollars of investment. There is also built a large gas processing plant capacity eight billion cubic meters per year. Increasing its activity and “Gazprom”. In recent years, concern has invested in exploration in a country 390 million dollars. It has already yielded tangible results, open fields, gas reserves – 6.4 billion cubic meters. This, of course, raises the possibility of Uzbekistan not only upstream, but also in general in the energy sector.
The Russian-Uzbek talks are not limited to only one economy. Tashkent and Moscow links the rich shared history. And today, more and countering common threats. By radical ekstremistov.Poetomu synchronize watches – one of the main themes.
The threat, which react today is drug trafficking from Afghanistan. The problem for both states.
“An important problem is to combat large-scale traffic, transit of Afghan opiates, especially heroin and hashish, which Afghanistan also came in first place in the world in terms of production,” – says Director of the Federal Service for Drug Control Viktor Ivanov.
And of course it is a direct threat from LIH. After the withdrawal of NATO troops from Afghanistan, there will be nobody to control militants.
“repeat the situation that takes place today in Iraq. Even today there are serious signs of infiltration into Afghanistan individual elements from among the representatives of the IG from Iraq and Syria,” – Karimov said.
“We can not share the concerns of the President of Uzbekistan on the events in Afghanistan, however, note that there is effective mechanism for inter-ministerial consultations between the two countries a high level on this issue. As part of these consultations priority attention is paid to the problems of the struggle and the threat of terrorism and drug trafficking, “- Putin added.
Well, of course, was Putin and Karimov serious political conversation. Tashkent has a strong interest in the Eurasian Union, which is in full force will work in the new year. Well, he Uzbekistan on the Threshold of two elections, parliamentary and presidential. Stability in the region – in the interests of all countries.
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