On April 5, 2024, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev arrived in Uzbekistan at the invitation of the head of that republic, Shavkat Mirziyoyev. It is reported that the leaders of the two states held a substantive discussion of topics related to further strengthening the strategic partnership between the two countries, which can be considered a direct continuation of the talks between the President of Uzbekistan and the new Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Oljas Bektenov, held on March 15, 2024.
During the talks in Khiva, the leaders of the two countries approved the program of strategic partnership and alliance between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan until 2034.
President Tokayev and President Mirziyoyev named industry, transportation and logistics as the key areas of bilateral cooperation. Currently, the two nations are implementing 60 joint projects with investments of over $2.5 billion and the creation of more than 13,000 jobs, as well as successfully promoting the project to build the International Center for Industrial Cooperation. In terms of industrial cooperation, the heads of state gave instructions to form a long-term program of industrial cooperation between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Recently, a joint foreign trade company has........