00:01A state welcome in Tashkent for Ilham Aliyev, president of Azerbaijan, as ties with Uzbekistan continue to expand.
00:09President Shavgat Mijijiojev hosted him for talks on trade, investment, energy and transport.
00:16The two presidents signed a treaty on internal friendship and adopted a program to raise bilateral trade to 1 billion
00:23dollars, around 856 million euros by 2030.
00:29They also inaugurated or launched projects in banking, energy, construction, mining and tourism, including the 5 billion dollar sea breeze
00:38tourism and residential development.
00:41President Aliyev said oil and gas exploration was nearing its final stage, with production drilling potentially starting next year.
00:50Transport gives the relationship a wider European dimension.
00:53The middle corridor links Central Asia across the Caspian and the South Caucasus with European markets.
01:00Trans-Caspi Corridorinin salahiyyatını börgəlikdə rövajləndıramız, logistika infratütülməsə samaradarlıqını açıramız və taşuvlarını rəqbətləndıramız.
01:09Bunun üçün Caspii dengizdə qoşma flot yaratış boyca işlərini faalləştirəmiz.
01:14The European Union is also backing the wider Trans-Caspian network with the aim of cutting freight transient times between
01:21Europe and Central Asia to 15 days or less.
01:36The visit also included an exchange of the two countries highest state honors, with each president receiving the other country's
01:45top award.
01:46Beyond trade and transport, the visit also highlighted education, culture and sport.
01:51At New Tuskent, a major new urban development, the presidents inaugurated a university campus and launched work on an Azerbaijan
01:59park.
02:00The two countries will also jointly host the FIFA U20 World Cup in 2027.
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