On October 10, the Minister for Development of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shukhrat Sadikov met with Kjell Morten Johnsen, the Chief Operating Officer of Veon Group.

Within the framework of the recent state visit of the President of Uzbekistan to India, the Ministry for Development of Information Technologies and Communications signed a number of agreements with Indian partners in the field of ICT. In particular, a number of agreements were signed in such areas as development of technology parks, training personnel in ICT, development of e-government and others.

On September 19, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a meeting devoted to the analysis of activities in the system of information technologies and communications, identification of additional measures on accelerating development of the sphere.

Representatives of the Ministry for Development of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Electronic Government System Development Center and Uzbektelecom are attending the regional workshop organized by the World Bank and the State Committee for Information Technologies and Communications of the Kyrgyz Republic with support of development partners for establishing cooperation within the framework of the Regional Digital CASA Program.

At the largest tourism exhibition in Singapore NATAS Holidays 2018, representatives from Uzbekistan presented the country’s tourism opportunities using advanced technologies including virtual reality technologies. The stand of Uzbekistan was prepared by employees of the State Committee for Tourism Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Singapore, the Department of the State Committee for Tourism Development in Tashkent.

On August 16, 2018, Minister for Development of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shukhrat Sadikov met with Deputy Chairman of Ajlan & Bros. group of companies Sheikh Mohammed Abdulaziz Al Ajlan (Saudi Arabia).

A meeting with representatives of ATLAS International AG and Jenoptik Robot GmbH took place at the Ministry for Development of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan.