The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, on November 22, arrived in the Republic of Korea with a state visit at the invitation of President Moon Jae-in.
On November 23, the Head of our state took part in Uzbekistan – South Korea business forum with participation of heads of economic and financial structures, leading businessmen of the two countries.
At the meeting, a welcome message of the President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in was read to the participants of the business forum.
The President of our country Shavkat Mirziyoyev delivered a speech at the event. The Head of our state noted the development of trade-economic relations between the two countries, the conditions and opportunities for doing business in Uzbekistan, the interest of our country in cooperation with Korean entrepreneurs.
Representatives of financial and business circles of South Korea highly appreciated the conditions created in Uzbekistan for active business and expressed their readiness to further develop cooperation.
Speakers noted that the activity of South Korean investors plays an important role in development of trade-economic relations between the two countries.
The volume of investments of the Republic of Korea attracted into the economy of Uzbekistan exceeded 7 billion US dollars. There are 461 enterprises with participation of South Korean capital in our country. These enterprises are successfully operating in the oil and gas, petrochemical and chemical, mechanical engineering, electrotechnical and textile industries, spheres of information and communication technologies, transport, logistics and tourism.