Popović attended the opening ceremony of the Tashkent International Investment Forum (TIIF-2026) and participated in the panel discussion "EU-Central Asia Strategic Partnership for Investment, Trade and Sustainable Infrastructure Development".
On this occasion, Popović talked with Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade of Uzbekistan Laziz Kudratov about improving economic cooperation in the areas of agriculture, industry, digitalisation, innovation, new technologies and tourism.
In the last few years, Serbia and Uzbekistan have significantly intensified relations by concluding agreements in the areas of the economy, energy, investment, healthcare, tourism, education, science, culture, digital technologies, engineering and artificial intelligence, while establishing institutional mechanisms to strengthen economic cooperation, Popović said.
According to him, Uzbekistan is a very important partner for Serbia with whom we want to build successful and long-term economic cooperation.