BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 18. Uzbek President
Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with president of the New Development Bank,
during to discuss expanding cooperation and advancing joint
development projects.
This was reflected in the statement by the press service of the
Uzbek president, following the meeting between Uzbek President
Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Dilma Rousseff, president of the New
Development Bank, during the Tashkent International Investment
Forum.
The talks focused on strengthening engagement with the New
Development Bank (NDB) and implementing agreements reached during
previous high-level meetings.
Rousseff praised Uzbekistan's ongoing economic reforms and
expressed the bank's readiness to support the country's key social
and economic development priorities.
"Uzbekistan has made significant progress in implementing
economic reforms and advancing sustainable development. The New
Development Bank stands ready to continue supporting the country's
priority socioeconomic initiatives and long-term development
goals," Dilma Rousseff said.
The sides welcomed Uzbekistan's accession to the NDB and agreed
to develop a medium-term pipeline of projects in energy, water
management, transport and engineering infrastructure, as well as
initiatives supporting the private and social sectors. The projects
will be prepared with the participation of the bank's expert
missions.
They also underscored the importance of NDB involvement in major
regional transport and logistics projects and discussed the bank's
potential contribution to Uzbekistan's environmental transformation
agenda.
In addition, the parties reviewed plans to host major New
Development Bank events in Uzbekistan in the future.
