Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will pay an official visit to Uzbekistan on April 25-26. Negotiations and meetings will be held in Samarkand, the press service of the Italian government reported.
On April 27, the Central Asia-Italy summit will be held in Astana with the participation of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
For reference, in August 2024, Giorgia Maloney made a brief stop in Tashkent on her way from China. She met with Uzbek Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov.
Georgie Maloney’s visit will continue the political dialogue between the two countries. In June 2023, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited Italy, where a declaration of strategic partnership and agreements worth more than €9 billion were signed .
At the end of 2024, the trade turnover between Uzbekistan and Italy amounted to $438 million, of which Uzbekistan’s exports amounted to $44.6 million and imports to $393.4 million.
