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Baku, Azerbaijan, April 24
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Uzbekistan in early May 2018, a source in the Turkish government told Trend on April 24.
'Presently, negotiations are underway with the Uzbek side to define date of Erdogan's visit to Uzbekistan," the source said.
During the Uzbekistan visit, President Erdogan is expected to discuss with his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev development of the bilateral economic and political relations, according to the source.
Today, 479 companies with Turkish capital, including 199 joint ventures, operate in Uzbekistan.
Only in 2016 more than 20 enterprises with Turkish investments were established in the country, and 53 companies from Turkey were accredited at the Uzbek Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade.
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