OREANDA-NEWS. Minister of Foreign Economic Relations, Investment and Trade of Uzbekistan Elyor Ganiev received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Uzbekistan Jacques-Henry Heuls on 28 October 2013.

The meeting was held to discuss trade-economic cooperation between Uzbekistan and France.

The press service of the French Embassy in Tashkent said that the Uzbek Minister with satisfaction noted current state economic cooperation with France, which is one of the main European trade partners of Uzbekistan.

At the meeting, the sides discussed several current projects and issues related to activities of French Development Agency in Uzbekistan, as well as holding of next session of the joint commission on economic cooperation in Paris.

Uzbek Minister called the French companies to participate in implementation of various programmes on modernization, implemented in the country.