Natia Turnava: Uzbekistan is our partner country and it is important the South Asian region, via Uzbekistan, to pass through Georgia and its ports to Europe

The issues of joint development of port, railway and logistics infrastructure were discussed by the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Natia Turnava and the Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan, Minister of Investment and Trade Sardor Umurzakov during an online meeting. During the meeting the two sides also focused on the reforms implemented in Georgia, the strengthening of the logistics corridor and future plans. The information is spread by the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development.

According to the Ministry, significant time was also devoted to the development of bilateral trade and cooperation in attracting investments.

According to Natia Turnava, Georgia and Uzbekistan are partner countries, friends and very fast developing states in the region.

As the Minister noted, Uzbekistan is implementing the reforms which were carried out in Georgia and is taking certain examples from the country.

"The strengthened cooperation between us and Uzbekistan is very important for the development of the transport-logistics corridor. Ongoing and planned projects make it possible for the entire South Asian region to connect to Europe via Uzbekistan and then through the already multimodal transport corridor, using Georgian ports. Very interesting, big railway projects are being implemented in Uzbekistan, which connects Afghanistan, Pakistan, later India, as well as Georgia", - said Natia Turnava after the meeting.

According to the Ministry, it was decided at the ministerial meeting that Georgia will host a joint working group set up by the two countries to work on issues of joint investments in transport and logistics infrastructure.

According to them, in addition, it was decided to set up another bilateral working group, which will identify potential export products and select important investment projects.