Azerbaijan, Turkiye, Uzbekistan Businessmen Association starts its activity

The opening of the Azerbaijan, Turkiye and Uzbekistan Businessmen Association has taken place in Tashkent, and a business forum has been organized, Report informs.

The forum, which was attended by more than 30 representatives of the sphere of medium and small businesses, was opened by the director of the Azerbaijan Cultural Center, the first secretary of the Azerbaijani Embassy in Uzbekistan Samir Abbasov.

He stressed that the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project, the opening of the Zangazur corridor, which is an important initiative for Turkiye and the Central Asian region, can lead to strategic changes in the transport and communication map of the region.

The head of the association, Ruslan Imanzade, said that in January-April this year, the volume of trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan amounted to $50.1 million, with export accounting for $33.5 million and import responsible for $16.6 million.

Then bilateral meetings were held with the participation of businessmen, and specific projects were discussed.