Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has said that India and Uzbekistan should work for increasing trade to the tune of one billion US dollar by March 2018. Mr Naidu said this while interacting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Uzbekistan, Abdulaziz Kamilov who called on him in New Delhi today. <br/> <br/>According to an official release, Mr Naidu said India and Uzbekistan have close cultural and historical connections and peoples have similar developmental aspirations. He expressed happiness over several cultural events which were held in Uzbekistan to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between the two nations. <br/> <br/>The Uzbekistan Foreign Minister expressed his happiness over visiting India which has strong cultural heritage. He hoped that discussions during the visit will help identifying new areas of cooperation and take relationship to a higher level.

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that India and Uzbekistan should work for increasing trade to the tune of one billion US dollar by March 2018. Mr Naidu said this while interacting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Uzbekistan, Abdulaziz Kamilov who called on him in New Delhi today. <br/> <br/>According to an official release, Mr Naidu said India and Uzbekistan have close cultural and historical connections and peoples have similar developmental aspirations. He expressed happiness over several cultural events which were held in Uzbekistan to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between the two nations. <br/> <br/>The Uzbekistan Foreign Minister expressed his happiness over visiting India which has strong cultural heritage. He hoped that discussions during the visit will help identifying new areas of cooperation and take relationship to a higher level.