The minister from Saudi Arabia conveyed the King’s greetings to Mirziyoyev

Today, 23 December, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received a delegation led by the Minister of Investments of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Khalid al-Falih.

Further expansion of the multifaceted Uzbekistan-Saudi cooperation, first of all, urgent issues of the implementation of the agreements reached during the visit of the President of Uzbekistan to Saudi Arabia in August of this year were considered.

At the beginning of the meeting, the Minister of Investments thanked the leader of Uzbekistan for the warm welcome and conveyed the greetings and best wishes of the King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and the Crown Prince and Prime Minister Muhammad bin Salman Al Saud.

The head of Uzbekistan noted with particular satisfaction that bilateral relations are rapidly developing.  In particular, since the beginning of this year, the volume of mutual trade has increased almost 10 times.  40 enterprises were established in the country with the participation of Saudi investments.

Large projects are being implemented in the fields of energy, chemical industry, agriculture, banking, telecommunications, medicine and tourism.  With the support of the Saudi Development Fund, a number of socially significant programs are being implemented in the fields of health, education and water supply.

The successful results of the business forum held today with the participation of more than 30 leading companies of Saudi Arabia were highly appreciated.  One of the important results of the event was the signing of an investment agreement with “ACWA Power” company on the construction of three wind power plants in Kungirot district of Karakalpakstan.
During the negotiations, issues of promotion of large infrastructural projects in the Central Asian region were also discussed.

It was agreed to accelerate the implementation of the started investment projects and to further intensify the cooperation in the framework of the Businessmen’s Council.