00:00Nous avons eu des investissements pour 35 milliards d'euros de investissement.
00:04Nous avons eu des investissements pour 27 milliards d'euros.
00:08Nous avons eu des investissements pour des investissements pour le forum Amalie.
00:227500 delegates de environ 100 pays
00:25en Uzbekistan pour le Tashkent International Investment Forum.
00:29Président Shavkat Mrzoyev
00:31welcomed guests amidst calls for stronger global cooperation
00:34and outlining the country's ambitious reforms
00:37across its investment agenda.
00:39I think there's a stability economically and politically
00:44and there's a tone at the top
00:47that is very welcoming to foreign investment.
00:50They want foreign investment.
00:52They've said this is how they lift people out of poverty
00:56and really grow forth as an emerging strong economy.
01:04Pivotal moments around the forum also included a visit
01:07by Bulgaria's President Roman Radev
01:09and a first visit to the country by Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico.
01:14Uzbekistan and Slovakia elevated their bilateral ties
01:18and established a new strategic partnership
01:20as Deputy Prime Minister Denisa Sarkova
01:23said Europe should look towards investment in new markets.
01:26The biggest economy of the Europe of Germany is now struggling
01:30and really they are in recession for the last two years.
01:34Also the same problems in Austria.
01:36the average economic growth in Europe was decreased in last months
01:43from 1.5 to 0.9 percentage.
01:49So really they should look for the new markets
01:53and for the new and well-developed, developing markets all around the globe.
01:59So therefore also Central Asian continent
02:02or Central Asian part of Asia is really important
02:06and has got a really significant importance for us.
02:10Not just for Slovakia but I mean for the whole Europe.
02:13Uzbekistan's gross domestic product has doubled over the past eight years
02:17and the volume of trade with its neighbours has increased
02:20by more than three and a half times.
02:22This fourth edition of the forum was the most successful yet
02:26with more than 26 billion euros of bankable projects
02:30across energy, infrastructure, agriculture, mining and digital tech being signed.
02:36In terms of the vision of Data Vault for this country
02:42we have committed 5 billion dollars worth of investments
02:47in the digital infrastructure sector over the next five years.
02:52We have already started on with the first phase of investments
02:56which is a very small one.
02:58We call it a pilot investment.
03:01It's 200 million dollars.
03:04But the whole purpose behind this investment is to demonstrate
03:09the country's positioning to be the future digital hub of Central Asia and Asia.
03:17Investment in renewables and SMEs were key topics of discussion.
03:21We continue to invest in the renewable development.
03:24We also support very much SMEs.
03:2770% of our investments in the country are in the private sector, mostly SMEs.
03:32I just signed a project with the biggest private sector,
03:37pharmaceutical companies, distribution companies.
03:41And so this is the kind of financing we can provide to small businesses
03:45or medium-sized businesses.
03:47It's not about only production of green energy.
03:50It's how to localize know-how.
03:52How to localize human capital.
03:54How to train local people.
03:56How to create quality jobs.
03:58How to use Uzbekistan as the hub for energy export of green.
04:03To Europe, to many other countries.
04:06How to use manufacturing here and the capacity building here for exporting.
04:11And Uzbekistan's commitment to education and the next generation
04:15was clearly an extension of that in attracting investment from global companies.
04:20In order to drive the economic growth, the standard of living that you aspire for your people,
04:26you have to invest in education.
04:28The biggest investment that any government will ever make in its people,
04:33that people make in themselves, is in their own education and development.
04:37and recognising that it's not just education in science and engineering
04:42and all of those areas of biology and related sciences.
04:47It's also about investment and education.
04:50The forum once again highlighting Uzbekistan's potential
04:53for future opportunities and investment-ready projects.
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