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Qatar explores ways to strengthen trade and investment co-operation with Uzbekistan
Qatar is exploring avenues to strengthen bilateral co-operation and identify partnership opportunities in Uzbekistan in strategic projects as part of measures to support economic, trade, and investment relations between the two countries.
In this regard, HE Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed al-Sayed, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, headed Qatar’s delegation during an official visit to Tashkent, where he held a series of bilateral meetings with several senior officials, including Jamshid Khodjaev, Deputy Prime Minister; Jamshid Kuchkarov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance; Bakhtiyor Saidov, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Laziz Kudratov, Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade; and Jurabek Mirzamakhmudov, Minister of Energy.
The meetings discussed ways to strengthen bilateral co-operation and explored partnership and investment opportunities across a number of priority sectors, including infrastructure, transport, and other fields that reflect both countries’ aspirations to expand economic co-operation and advance shared interests.
On the sidelines of the visit, al-Sayed and Kudratov co-chaired the Qatari-Uzbek roundtable meeting with the participation of representatives from the public and private sectors of both the countries.
The Qatari minister highlighted the importance Doha places on this strategic partnership and its interest in exploring new opportunities for co-operation and long-term investment.
The two sides also discussed opportunities for co-operation in strategic projects and reviewed investment opportunities available to Qatari investors and institutions.
In addition, they explored mechanisms to strengthen co-operation between the public and private sectors and activate the Joint Qatari-Uzbek Business Council, in a manner that supports the establishment of sustainable economic partnerships between the two countries.
Qatar’s delegation included senior executive officials from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Civil Aviation Authority, Qatar Investment Authority, Investment Promotion Agency Qatar, Qatar Chamber, Qatar Airways, Qatar Development Bank, and Qatar Fund for Development.