Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev backs PM Modi on countering terror in Eurasia

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Shavkat Mirziyoyev during his speech at the virtual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on July 04 addressed important issues related to long-term sustainable development in the SCO region, for increasing inter-regional trade, the Green Agenda and cooperation in the sphere of tourism among others. Speaking about the vast economic opportunities in the SCO region, he pointed out that SCO accounts for approximately one-third of the global GDP, about 27 percent of foreign direct investments, and up to 20 percent of global trade.

“In this context, the initiative to establish a common space for increasing inter-regional trade and industrial-technological cooperation has never been more relevant,” he said. He further added, “I propose to instruct our governments and agencies to work out the issue of adopting the SCO New Economic Dialogue Program, covering such areas as, innovative development, digitalization and robotics, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and other industries of the future.” Mirziyoyev while highlighting the issues of the Green Agenda, spoke about the need for closer coordination and practical cooperation within the SCO on issues such as adaptation to climate change, decarbonization and implementation of clean technologies and the development of smart agriculture and water conservation.

Going further he proposed to develop a joint action plan to support regional environmental projects and the introduction of «green» technologies as part of the Green Belt Program. To promote tourism in the SCO region he proposeda joint scientific-practical conference on the development of tourism industry of the SCO as part of the anniversary session of the General Assembly of the World