TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, February 6. Uzbekistan
and Pakistan’s HRL Group discussed prospects for joint geological
exploration of copper, gold, and critical mineral deposits in
Pakistan,
Trend reports via the press office of the Uzbek President.
The talks were held during a meeting between the President of
Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, and the Chairman of HRL Group,
Zahid Rafiq, on the sidelines of the Uzbek-Pakistani business forum
in Islamabad.
Mirziyoyev also welcomed the company’s initiatives to build an
Imam Bukhari complex in Pakistan’s capital and a hotel in
Samarkand.
On February 1, a high-level delegation from Uzbekistan, led by
Minister of Investment Laziz Kudratov, Minister of Industry and
Trade Shokhrukh Gulamov, Deputy Minister of Investment, Industry
and Trade Bekhzot Narmatov, and Advisor to the Minister for Digital
Transformation and Overseas Operations, along with other senior
officials, engaged in discussions with the senior management of HRL
Group in Islamabad.
During the visit, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed
by Khayitboy Omonov, Director General of Uzbekistan Overseas
Geological Company, and Jahanzeb Zahid Rafiq, Deputy Chairman of
Habib Rafiq Engineering (Pvt.) Ltd., formalizing the cooperation
between the parties.
