Uzbekistan and Qatar intend to expand trade, economic and investment cooperation

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    On October 17 this year, in Tashkent, Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan Laziz Kudratov and First Deputy Chairman of the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry Sheikh Muhammad Bin Ahmed Al-Kuwari held a round table with representatives of more than 40 large companies of Uzbekistan and Qatar.

    The heads of ministries and departments, industry associations of the two countries also took part in the dialogue.

    The Uzbek side noted the positive dynamics of the development of trade, economic and investment cooperation between our countries. A number of large Qatari companies are successfully implementing investment projects in Uzbekistan in the fields of energy, road infrastructure, logistics and tourism.

    At the same time, there is a huge untapped potential for increasing the number and scale of joint projects in priority sectors of the economy. We are talking about the fields of agriculture, food, textiles, mining and metallurgy, energy and petrochemicals, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, transport and logistics, as well as a large-scale privatization program. The readiness to provide comprehensive assistance at every stage of the implementation of new initiatives was expressed.

    The Qatari side highly appreciated Uzbekistan's efforts to create comfortable working conditions for investors and stressed its readiness to actively work on all discussed projects.

    Following the results of the round table, bilateral documents were signed on the opening of the Qatar Dynasty Jet representative office in Uzbekistan, contracts for the export of agricultural and food products between Qatari companies Al Mai Trading, High Com Global Trading and Uzbek companies Millmax Trading and Turan as.