Uzbek Ambassador to Saudi Arabia meets IDB Group President
22/05/2019 20:10
Uzbek Ambassador to Saudi Arabia meets IDB Group President
22/05/2019 20:10
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 20 May 2019, the Ambassador of Uzbekistan in Saudi Arabia, Ulugbek Maksudov, met with the President of the Islamic Development Bank Group (IDB) Bandar Hajjar in Jiddah.
During the detailed conversation, the state and prospects of development of relations between Uzbekistan and the IDB, the course of interaction in the development and implementation of large-scale joint projects in the socio-economic direction were discussed.
It was emphasized that the meeting of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev with Bank President Bandar Hajjar in September 2018 in Tashkent, the signing in the capital of Uzbekistan of the Strategic Partnership Document for 2018-2021, totaling US$1.3 billion, brought mutually beneficial cooperation to new level.
The IDB President expressed his gratitude to the leadership of Uzbekistan for the decision to join the country to the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credits (ICIEC) and the International Islamic Trade and Finance Corporation (ITFC), which will open up additional opportunities for the effective implementation of the Partnership Strategy with Uzbekistan for 2018-2021 .
The head of the IDB confirmed the participation of a high-level bank delegation in the upcoming meeting of the Foreign Investors Council in June 2019 in Tashkent.
Bandar Hajjar spoke in favor of actively developing the bank’s cooperation with Uzbekistan in the areas of promoting science, technology and innovation. In this context, the IDB President noted that at present, the bank’s specialists are preparing videos about the life and work of the great ancestors of the Uzbek people, such as Imam al-Bukhari and Abu Ali Ibn Sino. According to the head of the IDB, joint efforts in this direction and the organization of premiere shows of these videos on prestigious international TV channels will help promote true Islamic values and promote the contribution of Islamic scholars to world science.
The meeting also considered other issues of interest to both parties.
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