TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, February 27. Uzbekistan’s
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bakhtiyor Saidov met with members of
bp’s Management Board, led by Ariel Flores, Senior Vice President
for Subsurface, to discuss progress on the Ustyurt project and
broader energy cooperation, the Uzbek foreign minister wrote on his
X page, Trend
reports.
“We discussed Uzbekistan’s ongoing energy sector reforms,
efforts to further improve the investment climate, and prospects
for advancing major joint projects,” Saidov stated.
He noted that particular attention was paid to progress on the
Ustyurt project, the exploration of additional oil and gas
opportunities, as well as the expansion of cooperation in renewable
energy and advanced technologies.
Meanwhile, Bakhtiyor Saidov is in London to participate in the
first ministerial meeting of the Central Asia–United Kingdom
format. During the visit, he also held meetings with senior
officials from the UK Foreign Office and representatives of leading
British business circles.
