Uzbek Government delegation led by Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov visited the headquarters of Siemens AG in Munich. Within the framework of the visit, the Uzbek PM met with the member of the Board, Roland Busch, president of Siemens for Russia and Central Asia, Dietrich Moeller and discussed current and future joint projects in the energy, industrial, railway and health sectors.
This visit was the follow-up of the dialogue begun in October 2017, when the delegation of Siemens visited Tashkent and held a number of meetings with the country's leadership and Uzbek partners. A number of strategic accords were signed at today’s events aimed at development of cooperation in several areas. Thus, the parties intend to cooperate in the implementation of the Safe City concept The Memorandum was signed between Siemens and the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of Uzbekistan. Partners will consider the possibility of implementing integrated solutions for fire safety, evacuation systems at urban infrastructure and transport facilities.
An agreement was signed between Siemens and JSC Uzneftegazmash for technical re-equipment and expansion of production. According to the document, the partners will continue to develop the JV " UNGM-DR Service Center ". Currently, the joint venture is engaged in the repair and diagnostics of equipment for the oil and gas, chemical and petrochemical industries of Uzbekistan. In the future, the production site may become a service center for servicing Siemens' dynamic equipment, which is operated in the country.
Another deal was signed between the Uzbek Ministry of Health and Siemens Healthcare, aimed at development cooperation in the field of medicine, science and equipping medical institutions, in particular, through setting up of a joint oncology, cardiosurgery, neurosurgery and traumatology clinic in Uzbekistan.
"Having extensive experience in the field of innovation and digitalization, we are striving to strengthen cooperation with Uzbekistan and to promote further modernization of its industry, urban infrastructure, energy and public health sector," Roland Busch said.
