Sanjar Valiev: “The visit of the President of Uzbekistan to Belarus is a landmark event”
31/07/2019 21:35
Sanjar Valiev: “The visit of the President of Uzbekistan to Belarus is a landmark event”
31/07/2019 21:35
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) -- Sanjar Valiev, Deputy Director of the Institute of Strategic and Interregional Studies management, said that the visit of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Belarus is a landmark event.
He drew the attention of those present to the significance of this event: “This visit of our President is the first official visit in the entire history of relations between Uzbekistan and Belarus. Also these days in Minsk for the first time a forum of the regions of Belarus and Uzbekistan is held, in which a large number of specialists representing various branches of our republic take part. The event presents the potential of both individual enterprises of Uzbekistan and entire regions, given detailed information on the activities of various ministries and departments. ”
Journalists asked many questions about promising areas of cooperation between Uzbekistan and Belarus, and which of them will be priorities in the negotiations of delegations in Minsk.
“I would like to emphasize that the main direction of our bilateral cooperation agenda with the Republic of Belarus is the economy. Belarus has a fairly diversified economy, many industries are developed that are of practical interest to us. For example, the sphere of agriculture, IT-technologies, the export of IT-services to foreign markets, - Sanjar Valiev explained. “The economy of Belarus is sufficiently export oriented, and it supplies high-tech products to external consumers: agricultural equipment, medical and electronic equipment that can compete with the best world products, but at a lower price, which is attractive for Uzbekistan. And this experience is of great interest to us, especially since, thanks to our knowledge of the Russian language, we can send specialists to these enterprises for training. And, which is very important, Belarus is ready to cooperate in the mode of deep cooperation. I am ready to share with us my technologies and invest in the form of transferring part of the production to the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan. ”
“Within the framework of the visit, a large, rich agenda has been set for bilateral relations, therefore multilateral formats were not a priority,” said Sanjar Valiev. “We must recognize that for a long time the level of cooperation between Uzbekistan and Belarus was at a very low level, despite the fact that both countries had great potential for interaction. But time has shown that a closer partnership is beneficial for both parties. Recently, contacts between the leaders of the two states have become more frequent. If we take only this year, the two presidents met in Beijing at the second international forum “One Belt - One Way”. After that, they met in Bishkek during the SCO summit, and each time the agenda of the meetings gives a powerful impetus to the development and strengthening of our relations. ”
There were given specific numbers. For example, over the past three years, since the first contacts of Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Alexander Lukashenko, the trade turnover between Uzbekistan and Belarus has quadrupled. Last year, this figure amounted to US$420 million (according to statistics from Uzbekistan), and in the first six months of 2019, the figure increased by 14.6% compared to the same period of the previous year. And after the visit of our President to Belarus, this trend will only strengthen, since both presidents set the bar for trade between the two countries at US$1 billion. And this is a reachable figure.
“But to achieve it, we need a deeper and longer-term cooperation,” said Sanjar Valiev.
- So, we bought MAZs for US$18 million from Belarus - about 180 units. While one tomograph costs from half a million to a million dollars. There is a production of such medical equipment in Belarus, and it is important that it help us organize the production of the same high-tech products. ”
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