Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The Russian Federation is an important investor for Uzbekistan. About 3,000 Russian companies have invested about 1.2 trillion rubles in the economy of a friendly state.

“Despite the very difficult geopolitical situation, the multifaceted partnership between Russia and Uzbekistan continues to strengthen. This is confirmed by a number of factors, including the dynamics of mutual trade volumes. As you know, 2022 was a record year in this regard – 785 billion rubles. We recorded good growth at the level of 11.5% based on the results of nine months of this year. Our priority task is to more than double mutual trade turnover by 2030,” Denis Manturov emphasized.

Jamshid Khojaev added that contacts within the framework of INNOPROM Central Asia and the III Interregional Forum in Kazan were important. They strengthened ties between business circles, manufacturers and regions of the two countries.

It is planned to develop cooperation in energy, geology and subsoil use, transport, the agro-industrial sector, digital technologies, socio-cultural and humanitarian projects.