News – Government of Russia

First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov took part in the International Exhibition Innoprom. Central Asia ”and performed at the main plenary session“ Strategic Industrial Partnership in Central Asia: integration based on advanced technologies ”. The main session was also attended by Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan Zhamshid Khojaev.

Opening the main session, Denis Manturov noted that today the development of industrial partnership with the countries of Central Asia is one of the unconditional priorities: “Today, Russian enterprises are widely represented in the region. Their share in the total number of foreign companies in Uzbekistan is about 20%, in Kyrgyzstan more than 30%, and in Kazakhstan more than 40%. The total volume of Russian investments in the economy of the Central Asian states last year only exceeded 760 billion rubles. This allows you to increase the portfolio of joint projects in agricultural construction, pharmaceuticals, auto industry, chemical industry, metallurgy and many other industries. ”

The First Deputy Prime Minister noted that, despite the high level of cooperation, the growth potential has not been exhausted, and emphasized the need to expand cooperation in response to global challenges, including through the green economy, infrastructure projects, retail, etc.

“If we talk about the promising areas of our cooperation, they are consolidated in national technological leadership projects. We began their implementation in Russia this year. We make a special emphasis on the achievement of sovereignty by means of production, including additive solutions and industrial robots. The same applies to the development of all types of transport, including alternative fuel and with autonomization elements. In the focus of our special attention, the development of new materials and chemicals. As well as the improvement of technologies for medicine, energy, agriculture and expanding the spectrum of space services, ”Denis Manturov emphasized.

“It is gratifying to note that every year the scale of the exhibition is growing, attracting participants not only from Russia and the countries of Central Asia, but also from a number of other states, such as Saudi Arabia, Belarus, Afghanistan. Today we are observing new promising and large -scale horizons of interaction. According to the results of 2024, the trade in Uzbekistan with Russia and the countries of Central Asia approached $ 20 billion. In Uzbekistan, there are about 5 thousand enterprises with the participation of capital from these countries. In various sectors of the economy of our country, more than 650 joint projects in the amount of $ 67 billion are being implemented. Despite such a rich level of relationships, we all understand that this is far from the limit, ”said Zhamshid Khojaev.

Denis Manturov and Zhamshid Khojaev also took part in the ceremony of exchanging the folders of signed agreements at Innoprom, aimed at developing cooperation in the trade, economic, scientific, technical, social and cultural and humanitarian spheres.