On June 11, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev held talks with the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Suma Chakrabarti, in the form of video conferencing, the presidential press service said.
Today the EBRD is one of the key partners in promoting priority programs and projects aimed at ensuring sustainable socio-economic development in Uzbekistan.
It is noted that the EBRD expanded its representative office in Tashkent, opened an office in Andijan. An office in Urgench is expected to begin work next year.
Suma Chakrabarti highly appreciated the measures taken in Uzbekistan to eliminate the consequences of the emergency in the Syrdarya region and to prevent the spread of the pandemic in the republic.
During the videoconference, issues of expanding cooperation were considered. Attention was also paid to the EBRD’s participation in the transformation of state-owned enterprises and the privatization of banks, the promotion of reforms in the energy sector and the oil and gas industry, the effective development of allocated loans, and the expansion of business financing, including projects in the textile industry.
An agreement was reached to continue intensive contacts and exchanges, including joint preparation of a future meeting of the Council of Foreign Investors in Tashkent and a meeting of the EBRD Governing Council in Samarkand in 2023.
