Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- As part of the development of large-scale interregional cooperation with the Russian Federation, on 24 April, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received rayis of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.

Issues of implementing priority investment projects and further deepening cultural and humanitarian exchanges were considered.

The achieved high results of fruitful cooperation in recent years were noted with satisfaction. The volumes of mutual trade and investments are growing. The chemical-industrial technopark "Chirchik" in the Tashkent region is successfully operating, during the current visit of the Russian delegation, a new project was launched - a technopark in the Jizzakh region.

In addition, major cooperation projects are being implemented in the petrochemical industry and mechanical engineering. The activities of the branch of Kazan Federal University in the city of Jizzakh are expanding.

During the meeting, they discussed promising business partnership projects in various sectors of the economy, the development of existing and opening new industrial parks in other regions of the country, the adoption of cooperation programs in the field of innovation, small business and information technology, as well as in the field of modernization of utility networks.

The active participation of companies and enterprises of Tatarstan as part of the delegation of Russian business circles in the work of the International Industrial Exhibition “INNOPROM. Central Asia”, taking place these days in the city of Tashkent.

At the end of the meeting, the head of our state stressed the importance of organizing systematic work to promote joint programs and projects based on the road map.