BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 6. Uzbekistan,
Russia’s Dagestan Republic, Russia’s Omsk region and Russia’s
Krasnoyarsk region signed a series of memorandums aimed at
expanding trade, investment and industrial cooperation during the
third meeting of the Council of Regions of Uzbekistan and Russia in
Fergana on Oct. 5.
This was reflected in the statement by the Fergana regional
administration, following a signing ceremony at the Fergana Expo
Center, where Fergana Region Governor Khairullo Bozorov signed
memorandums of cooperation and mutual understanding with Mikhail
Kotyukov, governor of Russia’s Krasnoyarsk region, and Rizvan
Gazimagomedov, acting deputy chairman of the government of Russia’s
Dagestan Republic.
A separate memorandum was signed by Saidbakhr Saidmusaev,
governor of Uzbekistan’s Sokh district, and Nikolai Drofa, minister
of agriculture, food and processing industry of Russia’s Omsk
region. The agreement focuses on cooperation in the agro-industrial
sector and the implementation of joint investment projects.
Additional memorandums were signed between Russia’s Krasnoyarsk
region and Uzbekistan’s Surkhandarya and Namangan regions.
The agreements are intended to expand trade and investment ties,
strengthen industrial and agro-industrial cooperation and support
the implementation of new joint projects between regions of the two
countries, according to the Uzbek side.
“The agreements create a framework for expanding practical
cooperation between the regions, including in trade, investment,
industry and agriculture,” the Uzbek side said.
The signing ceremony was held as part of efforts to strengthen
direct ties between Uzbekistan’s regions and their Russian
counterparts and develop new areas of economic cooperation.
