The meeting was co-chaired by Vice President of Iran for Science and Technology Ruhollah Dehghani Firuzabadi and Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of the Republic of Uzbekistan Ibrohim Abdurakhmonov.
Following the results of bilateral negotiations during this visit of the Iranian delegation, a number of agreements were reached in order to develop the field of science and innovation.
In particular, the parties agreed to support direct cooperation of high-tech companies of the two sides. Uzbek startups will now enter the Iranian market. The support of joint startup projects will also continue and the 2nd stage of the competition of joint Uzbek-Iranian startup projects will be held.
"The work we have done in the field of technology transfer is now showing its results," said Iranian Vice President Ruhollah Dehghani Firuzabadi. - I believe that the work on the development of cooperation between Iran and Uzbekistan - our joint startup projects, environmental projects will contribute to the development of the two countries in the future.
An important aspect of today's event was the achievement of cooperation in improving the environmental situation in the Aral Bay region and further increasing environmental innovations in the region. Uzbek scientists, environmentalists and researchers are studying the Iranian experience of dealing with the consequences of the drying up of Lake Urmia in Iran. For this purpose, visits of Iranian experts to our country will be organized.
In addition, the sides stressed the exchange of young scientists of the two countries, including the creation of conditions for the continuation of internship programs by young scientists from Uzbekistan in leading scientific institutions and high-tech manufacturing enterprises of Iran.
Special attention was paid to the expansion of direct ties between the universities of the two countries. In order to organize and develop this area of cooperation, it was decided to organize a forum of rectors of Uzbekistan and Iran in 2024. The Iranian side expressed its readiness to hold the first forum.
- In the following years, a number of measures are being taken to expand cooperation between the two countries, - said Minister I. Abdurakhmonov. - In particular, Iranian businessmen who participated in InnoWeek.uz last year, now they are successfully working in our country. The production of 5 Iranian companies has been launched in the Inno Technopark under the Ministry.
It was noted that cooperation between universities in the field of innovation began with the creation of the Uzbek-Iranian Technology Park at Samarkand State University. An agreement has been reached on joint financing by the parties of this project. It was agreed that the Uzbek side will jointly develop a project for the creation of this technopark in a short time.
Following the meeting, the report of the cooperation group between Iran and Uzbekistan in the field of innovation and technology was signed. The document reflects the content of the agreements within the framework of the meeting. An agreement was also reached on the development and signing in the near future of a bilateral roadmap defining specific mechanisms and responsibilities for the implementation of the agreements reached
