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Uzbekistan and Singapore are interested in further enhancement of bilateral trade turnover, investment cooperation, and joint projects with the use of advanced technologies.

The Uzbek Foreign Ministry reported that these issues were the key topics of meeting held at the ministry with a Singaporean delegation led by the Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Second Minister for the Environment and Water Resources and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs, Grace Fu, who is on a visit to Uzbekistan.

The sides mulled the state and prospects of the Uzbek-Singaporean relations in various fields, as well as proposals on institutionalizing relations.

The sides also exchanged views on separate international and regional issues.

The sides noted the constructive character of cooperation within the UN and other leading international political and financial institutions.

A special attention was paid to the promising areas of trade and economic cooperation.

Currently, Uzbekistan has 32 enterprises with Singaporean capital, operating in the spheres of light industry, power engineering, electronics manufacturing, and food production.

Uzbekistan and Singapore attach great significance to the development of cooperation in the cultural and humanitarian sphere, including through the establishment of working relationships between education and research institutions.

During the visit to Uzbekistan, the Singaporean delegation will hold talks with First Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Rustam Azimov, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade Akmal Kamalov and Deputy Water and Agriculture Minister Shavkat Khamraev.

Also, Grace Fu will meet with students of the University of World Economy and Diplomacy of Uzbekistan. She will also visit Samarkand, familiarize with its sightseeing places and will hold talks with the deputy head of the administration.