President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Prime Minister of the Italian Republic Giorgia Meloni held talks in the format of “tete-a-tete” and with the participation of official delegations in the Congress Center of Samarkand city.

The issues of further development of bilateral relations of strategic partnership and expansion of multifaceted cooperation were discussed. 

An agreement was reached on expanding the programs of technical cooperation to the business in trade sector. This involves training Uzbek exporters to access the EU market, creating a joint Certification center in Tashkent, accelerating adoption of the Conformity assessment agreement.

Priorities include innovative projects of private business, deep processing of critical minerals and agricultural raw materials, production of component bases for the automotive industry, products with a high conversion rate in the electrical engineering, energy, food, pharmaceutical, construction industries, creation of design centers for textile, leather, and furniture industries. 

"Caspian Energy Media" reports with reference to Official web-site of the President of Uzbekistan.