BRATISLAVA. October 18. /Dunyo IA/. The second meeting of the bilateral Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation was held in the Slovak capital under the co-chairmanship of Akram Aliyev, Deputy Minister of Investments, Industry and Trade of Uzbekistan and Vladimir Šimonjak, State Secretary of the Ministry of Economy of Slovakia, reports Dunyo IA correspondent.

As part of the meeting, office of the trade representative of the Slovak Investment and Trade Development Agency in Uzbekistan began its operations. Lukáš Jenčo was introduced as Slovakia’s trade representative in Uzbekistan and will take up his duties in Tashkent in early November 2026.

During the meeting, the sides discussed prospects for increasing bilateral trade turnover to $300 million, expanding investment cooperation and industrial collaboration and implementing joint projects in the automotive industry, energy, pharmaceuticals, transport infrastructure and digitalisation.

In addition, talks were held with representatives of Slovak companies "Matador Holding", "DATAPAC", "Betamont", "Saneca Pharmaceuticals", "MicroStep-MIS" and "SOITRON". Discussions identified promising areas of cooperation and further practical steps for their development.

Following the meeting, the sides signed a protocol formalising the agreements reached. They also agreed to hold the next meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission in Tashkent in June 2027.