President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and his Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, during negotiations in Tashkent, agreed to promote energy projects and increase the transport and transit potential of the two countries, the press service of the Uzbek leader reports on Thursday.

“The heads of state agreed to promote projects for the modernization and construction of energy facilities, geological exploration and deep processing of natural gas,” the report says.

According to the press service, one of the key areas of cooperation is the use and increase of the transit potential.

At the end of the talks, the governments of the two countries were instructed to take strict control over the implementation of all the agreements reached and agree on an appropriate road map, the report says.

In turn, the press service of the President of Kazakhstan informs that the volume of mutual trade with Uzbekistan has grown by 35% this year and has approached $5 billion

Source: Turan News Agency