November 17 this year, the First Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction of the Republic of Uzbekistan Ilkhom Norkulov held a meeting with representatives of the World Bank.

Charles Korme, Regional Director, World Bank Infrastructure Sector, Sudeshna Ghosh Banerjee, Head of Global Energy Practice, Carla Gonzalez, Head of Global Transport Practice, Dmitry Petrin, Regional Cooperation Activities Coordinator, Antonio Nunez, Head of Infrastructure Program, Manuel, Lead Energy Expert, and other representatives were among the guests at the meeting.

The meeting was also attended by the director of the Department for the Development of the Green Economy of the Ministry of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Ortkirjon Kholbadalov, the head of the Department for the Development of the Fuel, Energy and Chemical Industry Kuvonchbek Mustafoev, the head of the Department of Roads. The event was attended by Rustam Narimov and the director of the Department for the Development of International Cooperation and protocol service Shukhrat Matkarimov.

During the meeting, issues of economic growth, the development of a “green” economy and ensuring “green” growth, the development of a Country Climate and Development Report, ongoing reforms in the energy sector, the development of a long-term strategy for decarbonizing the economy, in particular, decarbonization were discussed. energy sector, as well as accelerating the processes of digitization of the industry, improving infrastructure.

Source: Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan