Workforce Import from Uzbekistan and Bilateral Trade Development – Highlighted in a Meeting with Diplomats from the Asian Country

The Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry held a meeting with diplomats from Uzbekistan. President Tsvetan Simeonov talked with Mashrab Mamirov, Counsellor on Trade and Economic Affairs at the Uzbekistan Embassy in Ankara, Dilrukh Temiraliev, Second Secretary at the Embassy, and Sherzod Abdunazarov, General Consul at the General Consular Office of Uzbekistan in Istanbul.

Periodic exchange of business and trade missions, encouraging and establishing working contacts between specific companies and boosting the import and export between the two countries were the ideas, discussed during the meeting, with the purpose оf increasing the modest bilateral trade.

Tsvetan Simeonov proposed to organise jointly a presentation on the current stages in the economic development of Uzbekistan to be made before Bulgarian companies. It was agreed to hold similar events both in Sofia, and in some other towns like Plovdiv, Bourgas and Varna, among others.

The hot topic of importing workers into Bulgaria was also discussed. The guests emphasised that their country has great potential for providing the necessary specialists in different sectors.

A session of the Bilateral Intergovernmental Commission is forthcoming. The Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry will participate in its meeting to discuss pending issues, concerning the relations between business organisations from both countries.

According to information, received by the Ministry of Economy and Industry, in recent years, foreign trade between Bulgaria and Uzbekistan has been characterised by a big positive balance for our country and only in 2006, the exceptional import of large quantities of copper and copper alloys from Uzbekistan led to a negative balance in bilateral trade.