On September 23, on the margins of the UN General Assembly session in New York City, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a meeting with the President of the Republic of Korea Lee Jae Myung.
Issues related to further strengthening Uzbek-Korean relations of special strategic partnership and expanding multifaceted cooperation were discussed.
The high level of interaction, dynamic exchanges and contacts at all levels achieved in recent years were noted with satisfaction.
Mutual trade indicators are growing steadily. The volume of direct investment by Korean companies in the Uzbek economy has exceeded $8 billion.
Four branches of leading Korean universities operate in our country, and vocational education centers are successfully working in the regions of our country.
High praise has been given to the long-standing fruitful partnership with the Korea International Cooperation Agency, the Export-Import Bank of Korea, and its funds, with which the total project portfolio amounts to $3,5 billion.
An agreement has been reached on the preparation of a new long-term Program of Technological and Industrial Partnership, which provides for the promotion of projects in the field of deep processing of critical raw materials, chemistry, mechanical engineering, agriculture, transport, aviation, biotechnology and other priority areas.
In this context, the importance of the upcoming meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission was noted.
An exchange of views took place on issues of regional cooperation, including in the format of “Central Asia – Republic of Korea”.
At the end of the meeting, the Head of our state invited the President of Korea to pay a state visit to Uzbekistan.