The President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov received the president of the General Motors International Operations and the executive vice president of General Motors Nick Reilly on 9 October in Tashkent.

The sides considered issues of organization of the production of the new car models in Uzbekistan, expansion of localization, improvement of export strategies and implementation of joint projects in the car industry.

Islam Karimov said the cooperation between Uzbekistan and the General Motors was developing intensively and the meeting was a good opportunity to consider issues of strengthening this cooperation.

Nick Reilly said General Motors highly valued cooperation with its Uzbek partners and was interested in its further intensification.

Islam Karimov and Nick Reilly expressed satisfaction with the current state of cooperation and defined priority directions of its development and concrete plans for mid-term perspective.