On October 25, the 16th meeting of the Uzbekistan-Japan and Japan-Uzbekistan committees on economic cooperation discussed the direction of cooperation in IT and innovation, bio and nanotechnologies of Japan. This was reported by the Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade.
The meeting was attended by Minister Jamshid Khojayev from Uzbekistan, heads of key ministries, departments and industry associations, and from Japan, advisor to Itochu Corporation, Acting Chairman of the Japan-Uzbekistan Economic Cooperation Committee Tsuyoshi Nishitani, Japanese Economy, the Vice Minister of Trade and Industry Hirooxide Hirai, Chairman and Senior Executive Director of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Nobuhiko Sasaki. The guests highly appreciated the volume of trade between the countries increased by 30 per cent as part of the agenda in the nine months of 2022.
The Japanese side has expressed its intention to support the plans to increase the level of digitalization in Uzbekistan to 70% and ensure a tenfold increase in the export of software products by the end of 2026.
Participants had the opportunity to hold B2B and B2G meetings and discuss practical aspects of cooperation at the business forum that was held as part of the event.
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