Uzbekistan plans to start Lahore-Tashkent flight from March 2016: envoy

PakistanUzbekistan plans to start Lahore-Tashkent flight from March 2016: envoy

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The newly appointed Uzbekistan ambassador to Pakistan Furkat Sidikov has said that Uzbekistan is planning to start Lahore-Tashkent flight from March next year.

In a meeting with the Chairperson Foreign Affairs Committee Senator Nuzhat Sadiq in Islamabad on Tuesday, the Uzbek ambassador said that his country is keen to improving existing relation with Pakistan.

“Pakistan and Uzbekistan enjoy excellent bilateral relation and he was keen to improving existing ties,” Furkat Sidikov told the Senator.

Furkat Sidikov said that as new ambassador of Uzbekistan in Islamabad, his focus in days ahead would be on cooperation in the fields of economy and energy especially renewable energy.



The envoy said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit to Uzbekistan in November is very important and will open new page in the bilateral relations of both countries.

The Uzbek ambassador informed that Uzbekistan embassy is working on increasing the parliamentary exchanges between the two countries.

In her remarks, Senator Nuzhat Sadiq congratulated the Uzbek envoy on his new assignment as ambassador of the Republic to Pakistan.

The Senator said that the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project is beneficial for the whole region and offer the shortest route to sea through its ports for Uzbek goods. She said that once peace returns to Afghanistan, Gawadar would be the nearest port for Uzbekistan.

Nuzhat Sadiq was of the view that both Pakistan and Uzbekistan need to increase the tread volume.

The sources said that the Uzbek Air confirmed that flights will start from March 2016. The flights will be operated between Tashkent and Lahore. They said that if Tashkent-Lahore flights are successful then Uzbek Air will initiate Islamabad-Tashkent flight as well.

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