Azerbaijan Moves Into Uzbekistan’s Fast-Growing Mining Sector

Azerbaijan Moves Into Uzbekistan’s Fast-Growing Mining Sector

Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan are strengthening economic connections, signing a variety of agreements covering mining, banking and tourism. Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov and his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ali Asadov, presided over a signing ceremony on June 16 in Tashkent of a cooperation agreement under which the two countries will jointly develop an Uzbek gold deposit as well as other mineral resources.  Ural Yusupov, Uzbekistan’s deputy minin…