00:02Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirzioev arrived in Belgrade for talks with Serbian President
00:07Aleksandr Vucic with trade, investment and transport links among the main issues on the agenda.
00:15Bilateral trade reached about 42 million dollars in 2025,
00:21of 27% year-on-year, according to Serbia's Chamber of Commerce.
00:26The two presidents signed a joint declaration establishing a strategic partnership.
00:31In their presence, Serbia and Uzbekistan also exchanged 20 bilateral documents,
00:36covering areas including transport, customs, energy, agriculture, digitalization and labor mobility.
00:43One established a working group to begin negotiations on a free trade agreement.
01:00President Mirzioev was also awarded the Order of the Republic of Serbia on a grand call.
01:06Dear friends, today's visit has been the first visit of Uzbekistan to Serbia in history.
01:13And unfortunately, he opens up a new page in our cooperation.
01:18The talks focus on expanding trade and investment with new projects discussed in transport and logistics,
01:24agriculture, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and the digital economy.
01:29This was the first official visit of President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirzioev, to Serbia.
01:34It came less than a year after Serbian President Aleksandr Vucic traveled to Uzbekistan in October 2025,
01:42where two leaders met in Tashkent.
01:45The agreements include cooperation on international road transport,
01:48railway infrastructure and the middle corridor connecting Central Asia with European markets,
01:53which is also said direct flights between Belgrade and Tashkent could begin within the next seven to eight months.
02:00Uzbekistan will also take part in Expo 2027 in Belgrade with its own national pavilion.
02:06The two governments will draw up a comprehensive roadmap to implement the agreements reached during the visit.
