As specified, the President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel held a meeting with the Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Abdullah Aripov.

The parties discussed prospects for the development of cooperation between trade and economic, energy, transport, tourism, agricultural, cultural and humanitarian, higher educational and research institutions.

There was also a bilateral meeting and negotiations with representatives of Škoda, Omnipol, Crystal Bohemia, Primako and other leading firms and companies.

It is worth noting that during the visit, Uzbekistan Temir Yullari and the Czech Škoda Group signed a contract for the supply of 30 electric trains for 320 million euros.

Four-car trains for the broad-gauge railway will be produced next year. The main parts will be assembled at the Ostrava plant, part of the assembly of the wagons remains with Uzbekistan.

The cars will be partially low-floor, they will have Wi-Fi and indoor and outdoor video surveillance systems.

The project is financed by Czech banks with the support of the Czech export insurance company EGAP.