TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, December 24. Uzbekistan
and Tajikistan discussed pilot shipments along the
“China-Tajikistan-Uzbekistan” multimodal transport corridor,
Trend reports via the
Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan.
The talks were held during a meeting of the Joint Commission on
the Development of International Road Transport between the two
countries, which took place on December 22–23 in Samarkand,
Uzbekistan.
The meeting was co-chaired by Murodjon Omarov, First Deputy
Minister of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and Shamsiddin
Saidmurodzoda, Deputy Minister of Transport of the Republic of
Tajikistan.
During the meeting, the sides also discussed measures to
increase the capacity of the “Jartepa (Uzbekistan) – Sarazm
(Tajikistan)” border checkpoint, the transition to an electronic
system for international road transport permits, and the expansion
of permit quotas.
Meanwhile, Tajikistan has ascended as a pivotal regional
collaborator for Uzbekistan, positioning itself within the upper
echelons of the nation’s trade alliances, specifically among the
top 20 trade partners. In 2024, the bilateral trade turnover
escalated to $702.7 million, indicative of a substantial uptick and
underscoring the burgeoning dynamics of economic synergy and
transnational collaboration between the two sovereign entities.
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