Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have reestablished regular connecting flights after a 25-year break, paving the way for improved relations, a spokeswoman at Tajikistan’s international airport said. “An Uzbekistan airways flight (from Tashkent) landed at Dushanbe international airport at 8:03 am (0303 GMT),” she said. According to her, “the plane and the passengers were very well met.”…
KazMunayGas and Uzbekneftegaz signed a cooperation agreement to jointly develop oil product marketing and logistics, set up crude oil supply to Uzbekistan, and ensure oil transit across Kazakhstan. Uzbekneftegaz also signed a memorandum of understanding with Kazakhstan’s energy ministry to cooperate in oil and gas industry. According to KazMunayGas, KazTransOil pipelines may be reconstructed and…
Historically important, Uzbekistan’s silk sector has seen structural reforms since independence, attracting foreign investment, upgrading production techniques, and expanding production. Boasting good natural conditions, Uzbekistan has 80 million plants and 51,000 hectares of plantations, producing 26,000 tons of cocoons. The silk sector has been stunted in recent years by falling demand worldwide and outdated production…
President Shavkat Mirziyoev reviewed the project for expansion of Navoi TPP. The construction of the second steam-gas unit with the capacity of 450 MW will provide Navoi mining and metallurgical works, the joint stock company Navoiazot and consumers of agricultural industry with uninterrupted electricity supply. The project will decrease the consumption of conditional fuel to…
On March 17, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the resolution ‘On additional favorable conditions for entrepreneurial activity in Karakalpakstan and Khorezm regions’. The resolution aims at boosting economy, supporting entrepreneurs, nudging exports, and implementing investment projects in the two regions. Legal entities registered and doing business in Karakalpakstan and Khorezm are exempt from compulsory sale of…
The 5th session of the Subcommittee on Trade and Economic Cooperation of the Uzbek-Chinese Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee took place in Tashkent. The meeting was chaired by the Vice Minister of Commerce of China Fang Aiqing and Minister of Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan Elyor Ganiev. The session also involved…
The State Privatization, Demonopolization, and Competition Development Committee met with the representatives of Germany’s Foreign Ministry to discuss cooperation. The committee has closely worked together with German experts, including Finance Ministry, since 2009, pushing off the Memorandum of Understanding in Privatization and State Property Control. German support helped introduce the Corporate Governance Code in 2016,…