During President Shavkat Mirziyoyev's state visit to Georgia, the two sides agreed to open an Uzbek embassy in Tbilisi. The negotiations, held with Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze in narrow and expanded formats, mark the first visit of an Uzbek leader to Georgia in over two decades. Currently, Uzbekistan has no active embassy in Georgia, with its interests represented by the embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Bilateral trade reached $270 million last year and has exceeded $100 million since the start of this year. The parties have agreed on a roadmap to increase this figure to $1 billion in the coming years. Discussions also focused on using the ports of Poti and Batumi for Uzbek cargo transportation, with plans to create a logistics hub featuring an industrial zone and a showroom for Uzbek products.

Mirziyoyev welcomed the launch of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway corridor and proposed linking it with the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway. Agreements were reached on projects in agriculture, electrical engineering, energy, pharmaceuticals, and light industry. To support these initiatives, the creation of a joint investment fund was proposed.

Additionally, educational and tourism forums are planned in Uzbekistan. A joint roadmap will be prepared following the negotiations, aiming to strengthen bilateral cooperation across multiple sectors.

Source: podrobno.uz