Uzbekistan, S.Korea Sign Deals Worth $12bn During Moon Visit
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published April 19, 2019 | 10:17 PM
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday signed deals worth $12 billion with Uzbekistan during a week-long tour of Central Asia
President of commodity-rich Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev praised his country's "strategic partnership" with Seoul as the leaders signed documents following talks.
Moon credited Mirziyoyev for "leading Uzbekistan into a new era" with a series of bold reforms.
The nature of the deals were not specified during the press briefing.
Trade between Uzbekistan and South Korea in 2018 was just over $2 billion.
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