Delivering a speech at the event, the Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade Jamshid Khojayev said the volume of trade between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan “has more than doubled in recent years.”

“By the end of this year, this indicator will approach $5 billion,” the minister said.

According to him, the parties set the task of increasing the bilateral trade to $10 billion.

“To achieve this goal, a joint foreign trade company will be established in the near future,” Khojayev said.