Today, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the Federal Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz held a joint meeting with leaders of major companies and banks of the two countries in Samarkand city.
The event was attended by the Parliamentary State Secretary of the German Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Protection Michael Kellner, Managing Director of the Eastern Committee of German Economy Michael Harms, heads and representatives of leading companies KNAUF, CLAAS, Mangold Consulting, Gunter Papenburg, Siemens Energy, Linde Group, Aurubis, FALK PORSCHE, Metso, Edison technologies, Ernst Klett, Siemens Healthineers, Herrenknecht, DB Engineering & Consulting, Svevind Energy Group, Rhenus, HMS Bergbau, Textima, as well as banks KfW Development Bank, AKA Bank and others.
Shavkat Mirziyoyev, sincerely welcoming all the participants of the meeting, emphasized the symbolism of its holding in the historical city of Samarkand.
The outcomes of the high-level talks held yesterday were highly valued, during which the key development priorities of the new Uzbekistan for deep transformation and modernization of economic sectors were supported.
Reportedly, the main results of the meeting were agreements on the development of a set of measures to support and accelerate joint investment projects and trade deals within the framework of the adopted strategic Industrial and Technological Partnership Program with major companies and banks of Germany.
The parties outlined the priority areas of mutually beneficial partnership with the active and practical participation of the business communities of Uzbekistan and Germany.
This concerns industrial cooperation in the field of "green energy", the chemical industry, the production of "green hydrogen", mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, textile, pharmaceutical industries and other areas.
In addition, the participation of German companies in the development of critical mineral resource deposits and their deep processing, the production of products with high added value, with subsequent export to Germany and to the markets of third countries, was identified as a promising area.
Among the main areas are the modernization of energy, transport and communications, utilities, tourism infrastructure, participation in the privatization program of industrial and service enterprises, as well as the implementation of socially significant projects in the field of healthcare, education and ecology in our country.
During the meeting, the Uzbek leader specifically focused on the importance of establishing a close partnership between German business and representatives of large Uzbek companies.
In this context, the parties emphasized the importance of developing new project initiatives and continuing the implementation of joint projects in the field of production of building materials, metallurgy, energy, chemistry, transport infrastructure, agriculture and mechanical engineering, medicine and others.
– We organized our meeting in a new format. From the Uzbek side, mainly representatives of the private sector are participating, who have firmly "got on their feet" in recent years and are worthy partners of German business, – said Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
In conclusion of his speech, the President of Uzbekistan wished all those present great success in the implementation of their plans.
Meanwhile, Federal Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz, having highly praised the sustainable nature of the development of multifaceted relations with our country, emphasized the importance of strengthening existing business contacts and called on representatives of German business circles to boldly participate in the implementation of joint projects and initiatives.
