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International Investment Forum to start in Tashkent

BC, Riga, 04.11.2015.Print version
Uzbekistan plans to sign about 40 contracts, agreements and other documents within the International Investment Forum, which will be held in Tashkent on 5-6 November 2015, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan said.

As of 2 November 2015, according to information of the Organizational committee of the forum, over 560 heads of foreign businesses confirmed their participation at the International Investment Forum in Tashkent, which will start in Tashkent on 5 November, reported BC the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Latvia.

 

They represent over 250 companies, economic unions and financial establishments from 33 countries. Among participants are officials of International Finance Corporation, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Energy Charter and other organizations. Over half of the participants represent South Korea, Germany and the Unites States.

 

According to preliminary data, the Uzbek and foreign partners are preparing to sign about 40 bilateral agreements, contracts and other documents on realization of joint investment projects.

 

The main objective of the event is to present the leading enterprises of the Republic of Uzbekistan, included in the state program of privatization, and to sell them to strategic foreign investors capable of ensuring modernization and technological renewal of production, manufacturing of goods competitive in both domestic and external markets, as well as introduction of modem corporate governance practices.

 

The agenda of the event includes plenary sessions, presentations by major foreign investors on their experience in doing business in Uzbekistan, panel sessions on various economic sectors with presentations of specific privatization objects, visits to enterprises, as well as cultural program with trips to ancient cities including Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva, which will complement the business part of the event.

 

The International Investment Forum will allow foreign investors to establish mutually beneficial business contacts and to open up new growth opportunities in the promising and fast-growing market of Uzbekistan.

 

UzDaily.com






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