00:01A state welcome in Tashkent for Ilham Aliyev, president of Azerbaijan, as ties with Uzbekistan continue to expand.
00:09President Shavgat Mijijoyev hosted him for talks on trade, investment, energy and transport.
00:16The two presidents signed a treaty on internal friendship and adapted a program to raise bilateral trade to 1 billion
00:23dollars, around 856 million euros by 2030.
00:29They also inaugurated or launched projects in banking, energy, construction, mining and tourism, including the 5 billion dollar sea breeze
00:38tourism and residential development.
00:41President Aliyev said oil and gas exploration was nearing its final stage, with production drilling potentially starting next year.
00:50Transport gives the relationship a wider European dimension.
00:53The Middle Corridor links Central Asia across the Caspian and the South Caucasus with European markets.
01:00Trans-Caspian Corridorinin insalaqiyyatını borgelikdə rvajləndıramız, logistika-infra tüsülməsə samaradarlıgını açıramız və təşvüvlərini rəqbətləndıramız.
01:09Bunun üçün Caspii dengizdə qoşma-flot yaratış boyca işlərini faalləşdirəmız.
01:14The European Union is also backing the wider Trans-Caspian network with the aim of cutting freight transit times between
01:21Europe and Central Asia to 15 days or less.
01:36The visit also included an exchange of the two countries highest state owners, with each president receiving the other country's
01:45top award.
01:46Beyond trade and transport, the visit also highlighted education, culture and sport.
01:51At New Tuskent, a major new urban development, the president inaugurated a university campus and launched work on an Azerbaijan
01:59park.
02:00The two countries will also jointly host the FIFA U20 World Cup in 2027.
