Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan have announced the launch of new joint projects worth $1.3 billion (€1.18 billion), as well as reconfirmed their plans to bring the annual bilateral trade turnover up to $10 billion (€8.6 billion) by 2030.
The announcements came during Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's state visit to Uzbekistan and his meeting with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, ahead of the Seventh Consultative Meeting of Heads of State, which takes place this weekend in Tashkent.
"Our relations have now reached the highest level—that of a strategic partnership and alliance," said Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
His Kazakh counterpart, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, noted that "contrary to the speculations of so-called 'experts,' Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are by no means rivals or even competitors, but strategic partners, reliable allies, walking together along the path of progress and development."
The two leaders joined the virtual launch of seven big
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