Uzbekistan joins Artemida space agreements

The document was signed in Samarkand by Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio after bilateral negotiations. The Artemida agreements set out the general principles for countries to cooperate in the peaceful study and use of the Moon, Mars, comets and asteroids. According to the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan, participation in the agreements opens up opportunities for Uzbekistan to cooperate with NASA and space agencies of other participating countries, to transfer space technologies and train national specialists. On the same day, representatives of Uzbekistan and the US held the first meeting of the Dialogue on Expanded Strategic Partnership in Samarkand. The parties discussed issues of trade, investment, energy, critical minerals and cooperation in the field of advanced technologies.