03.07.2023 Tashkent Uzbekistan
The meeting with the special agenda “Uzbekistan investment opportunities” organized by the Union of Turkic Chambers of Commerce and Industry and chaired by the President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu was held in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. Hisarcıklıoğlu then visited TOBB ETÜ Tashkent and chatted with the students.
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Representatives of CIS member countries met
Minister of Youth and Sports of Uzbekistan Atham Ikramov, Deputy
Secretary General of the CIS Ömer Kocaman, Deputy Secretary General of the CIS
Ömer Kocaman and President of the Turkish Investment Fund Baghdad Amreyev were
also present at the meeting on “Business and investment opportunities in
Uzbekistan” attended by senior executives of the chambers of commerce and
industry of Türkiye, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, members
of the Organization of Turkic States (CIS), and observer countries
Turkmenistan, Hungary and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
Speaking at the opening of the meeting, Ikramov noted that
Uzbekistan is actively involved in the activities of the CIS and its affiliated
organizations, noting that this meeting is an indicator of this.
Ikramov stated that important decisions have recently been taken
to encourage foreign investors to do business and invest in his country,
emphasizing that these decisions grant certain privileges to foreign investors.
TOBB Vice President Ali Kopuz noted that Uzbekistan, the ancestral
homeland of Uzbekistan, has become attractive for investors with the important
reforms realized recently and said, “Uzbekistan has become the “shining star”
of the region today.” Reminding that one of the important issues in trade is
land customs gates, he emphasized that as TOBB, they have great experience and
success in renovating and operating them.
Deputy Secretary General of the CIS Kocaman noted that the trade
of the member countries of the organization with the countries of the world has
exceeded 700 billion dollars in the recent period, while the mutual trade
between the member countries is still at the level of 30 billion dollars, and
stated that this figure does not reflect the real potential of the
organization.
The meeting also discussed business and investment opportunities
in Uzbekistan, as well as issues related to the further development of trade
and economic relations between the member countries.