Uzbekistan signs large deals with China, Russia

China’s President Xi Jinping and Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev speak throughout their assembly on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Group (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan September 15, 2022. Press service of the President of Uzbekistan/Handout through REUTERS

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Uzbekistan has signed offers price $16 billion with China and $4.6 billion with Russia throughout their respective leaders’ visits to the Central Asian nation for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, the Uzbek International Ministry mentioned on Friday.

Offers with China embody the development of a China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway, whereas tasks with Russia are in equipment, chemical compounds, petrochemicals and geology sectors, ministry spokesman Yusuf Kabuljanov mentioned.

Russia and China are main traders in Uzbekistan and the previous Soviet republic’s key commerce companions.

Additionally they lead the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a regional physique which held a gathering this week within the Uzbek Silk Highway metropolis of Samarkand. learn extra

Reporting by Mukhammadsharif Mamatkulov
Writing by Olzhas Auyezov
Enhancing by Jonathan Oatis

Our Requirements: The Thomson Reuters Belief Rules.