The President of Uzbekistan has defined the priorities of partnership with the New Development Bank

On June 9, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received President of the BRICS New Development Bank Dilma Rousseff, who arrived in our country to participate in the events of the Tashkent International Investment Forum, the press service of the head of our state reports.

The issues of developing practical cooperation with this multilateral financial institution were discussed.

The consistent implementation of the agreements reached on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in October last year was noted with satisfaction.

Thus, the Board of Governors of the Bank gave its fundamental consent to Uzbekistan joining the member countries of the New Development Bank. A program of priority joint projects worth 5 billion dollars was formed.

The head of our state emphasized the importance of prompt preparation and implementation of projects in such priority areas as modernization of irrigation systems, development of the mining industry, financing of the private sector, promotion of public-private partnership projects in the fields of education and infrastructure.

Support was also expressed for the implementation of large regional infrastructure projects.