SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, September 27. The 9th meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has ended in Samarkand, Trend reports.
It was attended by heads of the ministries of investment and finance of more than 100 countries - members of the AIIB, about 2 thousand representatives of governments, multilateral banks, experts, heads of large companies and investment funds, and the media.
One of the final meetings on the sidelines of the event between the Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade of Uzbekistan Laziz Kudratov was the talks with the Secretary of Economic Relations of the Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of Bangladesh Shahriyar Kader Siddiqui.
Since the beginning of the year, mutual trade between the two countries has grown by 43%. 45 new enterprises have been opened.
In this context, the parties outlined a number of comprehensive measures to increase the volume of cooperation. Among the main ones: signing a roadmap to increase agricultural exports to $ 100 million in the coming years, developing a draft agreement on the prevention of double taxation and opening exhibitions of national products of the two countries on a reciprocal basis.
Following the meeting, the parties agreed on the organizational aspects of holding the next 4th meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission for the timely implementation of all discussed issues and a business forum with the participation of business circles of the two countries.