TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, December 11. Following
negotiations held in Tashkent, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat
Mirziyoyev and President of Paraguay Santiago Peña signed a Joint
Statement, Trend
reports via the press service of the Uzbek president.
In a significant ceremony attended by both leaders, a Protocol
was signed marking the completion of bilateral negotiations on
market access as part of Uzbekistan’s ongoing accession to the
World Trade Organization (WTO). Alongside this, a Memorandum of
Understanding was also signed to establish an interministerial
framework for regular political consultations between the two
countries.
Earlier, Azizbek Urunov, the Special Representative of the
President of Uzbekistan for WTO matters, noted that, following
recent progress, only Chinese Taipei remains for Uzbekistan to
conclude its remaining bilateral negotiations.
Furthermore, at the 11th meeting of the Working Party on
Uzbekistan’s WTO accession, the country successfully signed market
access protocols with Canada and Panama, advancing its integration
into the global trade system.
