OREANDA-NEWS. November 11, 2010. The forum of business circles of Uzbekistan and Estonia was held in Tashkent in the framework of the visit of the Prime Minister of Estonia Andrus Ansip to Uzbekistan.

The event, organized by the Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade Ministry of Uzbekistan and the Commerce and Industry Chamber of Estonia, focused on expansion of trade, economic and investment cooperation between the two states.

Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev expressed hope that the forum would expand bilateral trade and economic relations between Uzbekistan and Estonia.

“We are interested in further expansion of our economic cooperation with Uzbekistan,” Andrus Ansip said. “Both Uzbekistan and Estonia have wide opportunities for expansion of mutually beneficial relations.”

The forum participants considered ties in transport and logistics, banking, IT, industry, tourism, food, light and chemical sectors.

Representatives of many large Estonian companies arrived in Tashkent for talks. Among them were Corpore (public relations), Eesti Energia (energy), Real Systems (IT), Savi (construction), Port of Tallinn and others.

The Estonian businessmen received information on the potential of Uzbekistan in oil and gas, tourist, car building, construction materials and other sectors. They also familiarized with the possibilities for foreign investors in the Navoi free industrial zone.

At the end of the forum, the Uzbek and Estonian businessmen participated in the cooperation exchange.

On the same day, Prime Minister of Estonia visited Uzbek-Swiss-British joint venture Uztex Tashkent, Torino Polytechnic University in Tashkent and the State Museum of Temurids’ History.