Uzbekistan reveals date of upcoming Putin's visit
By Trend
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Uzbekistan on Oct. 18-19, Uzbek media reported referring to the message of the Foreign Trade Ministry of Uzbekistan.
"The meeting of the heads of Uzbekistan and Russia - Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Vladimir Putin - will be held in Tashkent on Oct. 18-19, 2007. The first Russian-Uzbek forum of inter-regional cooperation will be held within the framework of the official visit of the Russian president," the ministry said.
Russia today is one of the leading trade and economic partners of Uzbekistan. The Central Asian state employs over 960 enterprises with participation of Russian capital and, according to experts of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan, their number will exceed 1,000 before the end of the year. Uzbekistan itself is active in Russia, and it has already opened over 560 enterprises.
Uzbekistan is on the fourth place in terms of commodity turnover with Russia among the CIS countries. At the end of 2017, it amounted to $3.6 billion and increased by 33.9 percent.
In January-February 2018, trade turnover increased by 50.2 percent and reached almost $600 million. Russia's exports grew by 59.7 percent, and imports - by 28.1 percent. At the same time, the total volume of investments from Russia to Uzbekistan exceeded $8.5 billion.
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