Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Today, on 22 November, the Minister for Development of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sherzod Shermatov met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Republic of Uzbekistan, Mr. Yoshinori Fujiyama.

During the meeting, the parties discussed issues of bilateral cooperation in the field of ICT, topical areas and other topics.

The Minister for the Development of Information Technologies and Communications Sherzod Shermatov emphasized the importance of cooperation in a number of areas in order to raise the sphere of information and communication technologies to a qualitatively new level.

Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Japan to the Republic of Uzbekistan Yoshinori Fujiyama stressed that Uzbekistan pays great attention to the development of information technologies in Uzbekistan. He also listed the factors uniting the two countries, highlighting the growing interest in the Uzbek market.

The meeting also discussed issues reflected in the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan from 9 September 2020 "On measures to implement investment projects with the participation of the Bank for International Cooperation of Japan and the Commercial Bank of Japan."

The parties noted the great potential for the development of cooperation between Uzbekistan and Japan in the field of information technologies and expressed their readiness to mobilize all efforts for their further development.