00:02Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev 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,
00:21up 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 Mirziyoyev was also awarded the order of the Republic of Serbia on a grand collar.
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.
01:28This was the first official visit of President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, to Serbia.
01:34It came less than a year after Serbian President Aleksandr Vucic traveled to Uzbekistan in October 2025,
01:43where two leaders met in Tashket.
01:45The agreements include cooperation on international road transport, railway infrastructure and the
01:50middle corridor connecting Central Asia with European markets.
01:53It 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 do up a comprehensive roadmap to implement the agreements reached during the visit.
