The Overseas Workplace (FO) stated on Wednesday that Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev would arrive in Pakistan on Thursday (tomorrow) on a two-day official go to.
In an announcement, the FO stated that on the invitation of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the president would lead a high-level delegation, comprising cupboard ministers and enterprise leaders for the state go to on Feb 5-6.
FO added that the visiting dignitary will meet President Asif Ali Zardari, maintain delegation-level talks with PM Shehbaz, and tackle the Pakistan-Uzbekistan Enterprise Discussion board.
“Discussions will concentrate on reviewing your complete gamut of bilateral relations and figuring out new avenues to additional deepen cooperation in numerous sectors together with commerce, vitality, protection, schooling, people-to-people trade and regional connectivity,” it acknowledged.
The FO assertion stated that this was the Uzbek president’s second go to to Pakistan, “which displays the upward trajectory in Pakistan-Uzbekistan bilateral relations and the brotherly ties between the 2 brotherly nations, rooted in widespread historical past, religion and customary aspirations for peace and prosperity in Central and South Asia”.
President Mirziyoyev had final visited Pakistan in 2022.
Pakistan and Uzbekistan have strengthened ties by means of commerce and financial cooperation. A $1 billion commerce deal was signed in 2023, and plans for additional collaboration, together with a roadmap for industrial cooperation, present the 2 sides’ dedication to boosting regional connectivity.
Final month, the 2 nations agreed to develop bilateral commerce to $2 billion as PM Shehbaz met with President Mirziyoyev in Tashkent.
The Embassy of Uzbekistan stated final week that President Mirziyoyev’s go to to Pakistan was anticipated to mark a brand new section in bilateral relations.
