A meeting between the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, Mariam Kvrivishvili, and the Prime Minister of Uzbekistan, Abdulla Nigmatovich Aripov, took place during her official visit to Uzbekistan on Wednesday, July 23, 2025.
Both sides assessed the discussion as fruitful. They talked about economic cooperation between countries, especially in the fields of transport, logistics, tourism, and investments and some potential new projects.
Mariam Kvrivishvili held meetings with Prime Minister Abdullah Aripov, Minister of Transport Ilhom Mahkamov Minister of Investments, Industry, and Trade Laziz Kudratov during his official visit to the Republic of Uzbekistan.
She said that the talks touched deepening the partnership between the two countries, including trade-economic aspects and important transport-infrastructure projects.
Both countries acknowledged during the meeting that Georgia and Uzbekistan are stable trading partners, and should make use of the potential in terms of trade turnover growth. Nevertheless, they emphasized the importance of bringing the business circles of the two countries together and implementing more joint projects.
Also, the participants of the meeting raised the issue of holding more trade missions and business forums was between Georgia and Uzbekistan.
As Mariam Kvrivishvili said, the meetings with Uzbekistan’s Ministers of Transport and Investment, Industry and Trade were just as fruitful. Several important issues that will take trade-economic relations between countries to even higher levels – transport and logistics, energy, trade, civil aviation, tourism, information technology, investment, and more were in the focuse of the meeting.
She also noted the interest of Uzbekistan in increasing investments in the Georgian economy, including in terms of logistics and transport, as well as freight in the Georgian corridor. According to both sides, strengthening of the role of the middle corridor required a joint effort.
Mariam Kvrivishvili noted that Uzbekistan placed special emphasis on the issue of investment growth in Georgia. Also, major planned and ongoing infrastructural projects, such as the Anaklia Deepwater Port, highway construction, Tbilisi Akha International Airport can deepen collaboration and strengthen the role of the Middle Corridor while making Georgia function as a transit-logistics hub.
Also, Mariam Kvrivishvili visited Tashkent Technopark and got to know its activities later during the visit.
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