Interfax
November 27

Development of the transportation infrastructure is a prime area of cooperation between Uzbekistan and Bulgaria, Presidents Islam Karimov and Georgi Purvanov said while meeting in Sofia.

Karimov ended a state visit to Bulgaria and returned to Tashkent on Wednesday evening, sources in the presidential press service told Interfax on Thursday.

Karimov and Purvanov discussed cooperation, bilateral agreements, and regional and international problems.

Bilateral trade is less than $10 million, Karimov said. "This shows we have not used many possibilities," he said.

Fourteen documents were signed on the results of the visit, among them an agreement against double taxation of revenues and property, accords on transport and tourism, and a cooperation agreement between the Uzbek Chamber of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

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