Germany Seals Migration Deal With Uzbekistan on Scholz Visit
- Chancellor holds talks with President Mirziyoyev in Samarkand
- Government in Berlin trying to strengthen central Asian ties
Olaf Scholz meets with Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Samarkand on Sept. 15.
Photographer: Michael Kappeler/picture alliance/Getty ImagesGermany and Uzbekistan sealed an agreement on migration and labor mobility and concluded a number of other accords designed to deepen cooperation in areas including critical raw materials like copper.
The pacts were signed Sunday in Samarkand in the presence of Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who’s traveling to Central Asia for the first time and will head on to Kazakhstan later on Monday.