BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 17
By Fakhri Vakilov – Trend:
During his official visit to Uzbekistan, UK Minister of State for the Commonwealth and United Nations Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon signed a Memorandum of Understanding on economic cooperation with Uzbekistan's Deputy Minister of Finance, Odilbek Isakov, Trend reports citing UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office.
"This Memorandum of Understanding is just a start of our collaboration as part of the Effective Governance for Economic Development (EGED) programme and this framework will remain flexible to accommodate selection of new economic reform issues in the future," Lord Ahmad said at the signing ceremony.
"The UK is committed to continue its support to the Government of Uzbekistan in carrying out critical reforms in inclusive economic development and public administration through the EGED programme," he added.
During the visit Lord Ahmad met Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulaziz Kamilov, Senator Sodiq Safoyev, Minister of Justice Ruslanbek Davletov and First Deputy Minister for Investments and Foreign Trade, Laziz Kudratov for wide-ranging talks on Uzbekistan’s ambitious reform agenda.
The sides also discussed both countries’ mutual wish to work together to help mitigate the crisis in Afghanistan.
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