During a working meeting held at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Belarus, Deputy Minister Alexander Yakovich conducted negotiations with a delegation from Uzbekistan, headed by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Director of the Agency for Livestock Development and Pasture Management, Orif Butaev.
These negotiations preceded the III Forum of Regions of Belarus and Uzbekistan. As a result of the meeting, the parties signed an action plan aimed at increasing trade turnover in food products and agricultural raw materials to $1 billion by 2030.
The document enshrines the intentions of the two countries to increase mutual exports, actively use the mechanisms of the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange, and expand interaction in the agro-industrial complex.
During the discussions, it was noted that the export of Belarusian agricultural products to Uzbekistan increased by almost 50% in the first four months of 2026, with a multiple growth in supplies of meat and dairy products.
The parties paid special attention to the implementation of a large investment project to create a full-cycle poultry production enterprise in the Tashkent region. This project is being implemented using Belarusian technologies, and the products are already supplied to CIS markets.
Alexander Yakovich noted that a level of trust has been reached that allows them to bypass formal protocol statements and move directly to substantive interaction. He emphasized that the current focus is on deepening cooperation in the field of livestock farming while simultaneously developing interaction in crop production and other sectors of the agro-industrial complex.
In turn, Orif Butaev stressed that bilateral cooperation is developing dynamically and has significant potential. He stated that the countries have a large unrealized potential that they do not plan to postpone until 2030, thanks to the reliability and responsibility of their partners, which allows joint projects to be realized significantly earlier than planned.
The parties confirmed their readiness for further expansion of cooperation. An additional stimulus for the development of cooperation is expected after the signing of a memorandum of intent in the agro-industrial sector, which will take place within the framework of the III Forum of Regions of Belarus and Uzbekistan in Minsk.
Uzbekistan and Georgia have reached an agreement to expand trade, economic, and investment cooperation, with a particular focus on developing the electrical engineering industry. These agreements were concluded during the state visit of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, to Georgia.
One of the priority areas is increasing the export of Uzbek electrical engineering products to the Georgian market. It is noted that Georgia's annual import of cable products, transformers, and other electrical engineering items exceeds 1 billion US dollars, which opens up new opportunities for manufacturers from Uzbekistan.
To more effectively utilize Georgia's transport and logistics potential, the creation of a trade, logistics, and production center in the Poti Free Industrial Zone is planned. It is expected that Uzbek enterprises, including producers of electrical and household appliances, will be able to complete production stages there and export finished goods to third countries through the Port of Poti.
In addition, the parties agreed to implement 70 trade and investment projects totaling about 1 billion US dollars. Cooperation is also intended to be expanded in the fields of agriculture, pharmaceutical industry, and tourism.
Specifically, in the Surkhandarya region, it is planned to increase the area of the olive cultivation and olive oil production project to 2000 hectares, create a regional center for producing feed for livestock and aquaculture, organize local production of goods from Georgian pharmaceutical companies, and implement joint projects for the construction of hotels, tourist complexes, and modern tourist infrastructure.
A joint investment fund will be created to finance these joint initiatives. The parties also intend to adopt a separate cooperation program covering the development of transport corridors, investments, and trade. The next meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission and the first Interregional Forum of Uzbekistan and Georgia are scheduled for October of this year in Georgia.
Uzbekistan and Georgia are strengthening their economic cooperation following a bilateral business forum held in Tbilisi. The event aimed to expand trade, investment, and industrial interaction.
The forum opened with speeches by Laziz Kudratov, Uzbekistan's Minister of Investment, Industry, and Trade, and Mariam Kvirivishvili, Georgia's Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development. The event attracted about 300 representatives from state structures, financial institutions, free industrial zones, industry associations, consulting firms, and businesses from both countries.
During the forum, key economic indicators for Uzbekistan were presented: the country's economy has doubled since 2017, and its gross domestic product showed a growth of 7.7% in 2025. The number of enterprises with foreign capital in Uzbekistan has increased from approximately 4,000 in 2017 to 20,000 currently. Bilateral trade reached $268 million USD in 2025. Both sides confirmed their intention to increase this amount to $1 billion USD, as well as to expand industrial cooperation, joint investments, production projects, and operations in third-country markets.
Significant attention was paid to transport and logistics. Participants discussed ways to more effectively utilize the potential of the Middle Corridor, as well as Georgia's role as an outlet for Uzbekistan to the Black Sea and European markets. A project was planned to create a trade and logistics and production center in the Poti Free Industrial Zone. Furthermore, the countries announced plans to implement an industrial cooperation program by 2027, which will serve as a practical basis for joint production and investment initiatives.
Potentially promising areas for interaction include pharmaceuticals, agribusiness, energy, electrical industry, and digital services. Georgian companies were invited to consider establishing production facilities in Uzbekistan, including the Tashkent Pharmaceutical Park innovation cluster, to access Central Asian markets. In the field of information technology, fintech, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, business process outsourcing (BPO) services, and the digitalization of trade and logistics processes were discussed.
Participants emphasized the importance of financial interaction, citing the activities of TBC Bank in Uzbekistan, where TBC Bank Group and its partners have invested over $460 million USD. Future plans include expanding the use of financial instruments to support infrastructure, export, and industrial projects. Tourism was also an important topic: data showed that the number of tourists from Georgia to Uzbekistan has increased by more than 2.5 times compared to 2019, and trips by Uzbek citizens to Georgia grew by 50.2% in 2025. Both sides noted the potential for jointly developing tourist routes, hotel business, wellness tourism, and hospitality training.
The business program included presentations by George Pertay, President of the Georgian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Roxana Nesor, Director of the Uzbekistan Investment Promotion Agency, as well as representatives of Georgian investment structures and Uzbek companies. The forum concluded with the signing of several bilateral documents, as well as holding B2B and G2B meetings aimed at developing joint and mutually beneficial projects.
