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India, Uzbek keen to relax visa norms
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Dr Sodik S. Safoev
New Delhi
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Nov. 1
INDIA and Uzbekistan are keen to liberalise the visa regime between the two countries in order to facilitate trade and encourage people-to-people contact. This was informed by the Uzbek Foreign Minister, Dr Sodik S. Safoev, while addressing industry representatives, at a meeting organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), here.
The Minister explained that this would be one of the key issues for discussion at the proposed India-Uzbekistan Summit early next year, informs a CII statement.
He added that this was discussed during his meeting with the External Affairs Minister, Mr Natwar Singh.
Referring to his country's inherent difficulties due to its geographical location, the visiting Minister said that plans were afoot to improve communication links with the other parts of the world, especially India.
He said, "I hope that Uzbekistan's initiative to create an international transport corridor through Afghanistan to the sea ports of the Indian Ocean will soon be materialised and break the country's dependence on the existing communication systems by connecting Uzbekistan and the large Central Asian market with India."
He was referring to the new transport corridors from Uzbekistan and Mazar-e-Sharif through Herat, Dogarun, Delaram or Milak in Afghanistan to the Iranian seaports of Chabar, Bandar-e-Abbas and further on to Ahmedabad and Mumbai in India.
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