The President of Uzbekistan considered promising areas and projects of cooperation with the UAE

The issues of further development of multifaceted partnership, promotion of economic and investment cooperation projects, establishment of practical cooperation in the defense sector were discussed at the meeting of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev with the delegation of the United Arab Emirates headed by Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, Crown Prince of the Emirate of Dubai Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, the press service of the head of our state reports.

The Emirati delegation included the Ministers of Government Affairs Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Gergawi, Energy and Infrastructure Suhail bin Mohammed Al Mazrouei, Economy Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, and Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy Omar bin Sultan Al Olama.

At the beginning of the conversation, Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum expressed sincere gratitude to the head of our state for the warm welcome and conveyed warm greetings from the President of the UAE Sheikh Mohammed Al Nahyan and the Prime Minister of the country, Emir of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum.

During the meeting, special attention was paid to the formation of a new long-term agenda for mutually beneficial cooperation in key areas such as investment, innovative development, ‘‘green’’ energy, infrastructure, education, healthcare, ecology, digital transformation, tourism and others.

The fruitful results of the joint forum on unlocking the potential of mutually beneficial cooperation, bilateral intergovernmental and interdepartmental negotiations held today in the morning were highly appreciated.

An agreement was reached on the adoption of a roadmap for the development of full-scale cooperation in strategic sectors.

It should be noted that the UAE is one of Uzbekistan’s key partners in the Asian region.

The latest high-level contacts took place during the Global Climate Summit in Dubai last December.

Trade turnover in 2023 increased by 21 percent and amounted to $626 million. There are over 320 enterprises with Emirati capital operating in our country. The portfolio of ongoing and promising investment projects is about $20 billion.