Tashkent, June 10 -- The Uzbek President, Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the Qatari delegation headed by the State's Deputy PM, Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdurahman Al Thani, on Wednesday. The sides analyzed the agenda on strengthening the multifaceted relations.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev noted the recent considerable growing dynamics of bilateral cooperation. One of the vivid examples can be the growing indicators of trade turnover. Uzbekistan's export to Qatar skyrocketed by 228.7 times in the period between January to April this year reaching $15.9mn. In the same period of 2020, this figure was worth $100,000. In order to encourage business and tourist exchanges, Uzbekistan introduced a 10-day visa-free regime for Qatarians, starting from March this ...