Uzbekistan offers attractive conditions to Indian investors in IT, textiles, electronics, pharmaceuticals & minerals: Envoy
India and Uzbekistan.
Ambassador Sardor Rustambaev, who previously led the diplomatic mission of Uzbekistan in France and Portugal and recently took over as the head of mission in India, spoke exclusively to ET.
How would you characterize India-Uzbekistan strategic partnership?
— The strategic partnership between India and Uzbekistan can be described as an extremely important and mutually beneficial cooperationbased on the common interests and values of both countries. The relations between our countries are multifaceted and cover politics, economics, culture, tourism and other areas.
Today, the key indicators of the New Uzbekistan are its openness to the world and the breadth of external relations. In this regard, an important direction of our country’s foreign policy and foreign economic course is increasing interactionswith the South Asia states, first of all, with India.
Our countries, being committed to the centuries-long traditions, demonstrate a concerted interest in taking bilateral ties to a quality new level. After the election of Shavkat Mirziyoyev as the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2016, the Uzbek-Indian relations are experiencing a Renaissance. They have acquired a vibrant and even more fruitful nature.
A regular and trusting dialogue has been established between President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which creates a solid foundation for interstate relations.
It must also be emphasized that today India has impressive economic, scientific, technological and
