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President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has been presented demonstration reports on the state of public-private partnership in the fields of energy, transport, public utilities and healthcare.

In order to reduce the burden on the national budget and attract the private sector to major projects, the Public-Private Partnership Agency was set up in 2018, a law and more than 10 resolutions were adopted.

Despite this, as few as nine considerable public-private partnership projects have been signed to date in the fields of energy, healthcare and public utilities. This is a rather miserable figure, the head of state complained.

The President requested that public-private partnership be introduced into the system of electricity and natural gas supply to consumers. Shavkat Mirziyoyev noted that this is the only way to cut costs and losses, by ensuring competition among manufacturers and suppliers.

Task has been set to accelerate the $ 270m-worth 14 public-private partnership projects in healthcare.

The introduction of innovative ideas and technologies in the agricultural sector, which allows to automate agricultural activities as much as possible, is one of the key directions of the republic's state policy in the field of agriculture.

A striking example of ongoing agricultural reforms is the Concept of development of water management sector, approved by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, which involves the implementation of large-scale work to develop the irrigation, to improve water infrastructure and reclamation of irrigated lands.

In order to implement the provisions of the document and attract advanced technologies to the agricultural sector, at the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Kiev, a meeting was held with representatives of "Plant Fregat" PJSC: Arthur Cheruvimov, the head of the enterprise's business, and Andrey Poslavsky, the head of the agricultural machinery sales department.

It should be noted that "Plant Fregat " is a well-known manufacturer of agricultural equipment for irrigating land.

During the meeting, a discussion was held on the prospects for opening production in the Republic of Uzbekistan for the production of self-propelled sprinklers: new generation technique equipped with a system of low-hanging sprinklers, an automatic Smart-control program. It is noteworthy that this equipment can operate on sites of different areas, with difficult terrain and different levels of fertile layer, taking into account the peculiarities of land use in Uzbekistan.

During the meeting, an agreement was reached to study the implementation of an investment project in this area, taking into account the special relevance of introducing innovative solutions that contribute to improving the reclamation state of irrigated lands, intensifying agricultural production and improving the quantitative and qualitative indicators of agricultural enterprises in the republic.

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At the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Ukraine, the negotiations were held with the general director of a large Ukrainian pharmaceutical company "Lekhim" Mrs. Pechaeva Tatyana.

Holding a leading position in the pharmaceutical market of Ukraine, the Lekhim group of companies is interested in entering the rapidly developing Central Asian market by creating, together with Uzbek partners, an enterprise for the production of pharmaceutical products.

Taking into account the goal of Uzbekistan to modernize the pharmaceutical industry of the republic, facilitate introduction of modern scientific achievements and leading innovative technologies, the joint project for the production of drugs worth over $ 40 million will contribute to the development of modern high-tech pharmaceuticals in Uzbekistan in the form of production and sale of antibiotics of a wide range of actions.

Despite new challenges, the interlocutors agreed to implement the project as soon as possible to provide the region's market with highly effective and affordable medicines.

During the meeting, the parties discussed stages of the project and agreed to ensure the launch of the enterprise in the first half of 2021.

legal consulations

On July 29, 2020, another round of inter-ministerial consultations on inventory and improvement of the legal framework of Uzbek-Ukrainian cooperation took place in the format of a videoconference.

The delegation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine was headed by Sergey Koledov, Deputy Director of the Department of International Law, and Ivan Novitsky, Adviser of the Department.

The parties discussed the current state of the existing legal framework and exchanged views on expanding the legal framework for bilateral cooperation.

An agreement was reached to speed up the elaboration of practically significant documents in the trade, economic, agricultural and educational spheres.

In order to intensify interdepartmental political dialogue and interaction on issues of mutual interest, the experts agreed to start developing a periodic program of cooperation between the foreign ministries of the two countries.

At the meeting, the parties also exchanged views and experiences on the participation of the two countries in international rule-making, including issues on the progressive development and codification of international law.

On 16 July 2020, an expert videoconference “The Human Dimension in the Relations between the European Union and Uzbekistan: Youth, Exchanges and a Better Life” took place.

The meeting of experts from the Institute for Strategic and Interregional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the University of World Economy and Diplomacy with European colleagues continued the series of brainstorming sessions organized with the support of the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the Kingdom of Belgium.

On the part of the European Union, the conference was attended by members of the European Parliament, representatives of the European External Action Service, experts from the European Council on the affairs of neighboring countries, as well as analysts from leading European countries, including Germany, which is now performing the functions of the EU presidency.

In the format of online communication, such issues as the perception of the citizens of Uzbekistan, and especially young people, of the concept of a “good life” and the constituent “ingredients” for achieving it, as well as the directions of development of Uzbek-European cooperation that are in demand in this regard, were considered.