Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 17 September, as part of the visit of the Russian delegation to Tashkent, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sardor Umurzakov held meetings with Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation A. Gruzdev, General Director of JSC "Russian Export Center" V. Nikishina, General Director of JSC "Russian Agency for Insurance of Export Credit and Investments" N. Gusakov, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Agrarian and Food Policy and Environmental Management of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation S. Lisovsky , General Director of Kamaz PJSC S. Kogogin and General Director of the Hevel Group of Companies I. Shakhrai.

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is scaling up its support to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Uzbekistan, where they create about 50 per cent of GDP and employ almost 80 per cent of the workforce. 

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Uzbekistan as well as domestic companies active in international trade will have additional funds available for their operations, thanks to a new financing programme offered by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to Bank Ipak Yuli, the country’s major privately owned lender.