€26 billion in deals signed as Tashkent International Investment Forum attracts global investors

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€26 billion in deals signed as Tashkent International Investment Forum attracts global investors  Uzbekistan hosted the Tashkent International Investment Forum, attracting 7,500 delegates and €26 billion in signed deals. The event highlighted new reforms, strategic partnerships, and major sectoral investments.  In partnership with Agency of Information and Mass Communications of Uzbekistan  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/06/20/26-billion-in-deals-signed-as-tashkent-international-investment-forum-attracts-global-inve  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00At the last year, our investment investment is $35 billion.

00:04Our experts are $27 billion,

00:08and from the last year,

00:10we have a result of the investment in the Tashkent Forum.

00:227,500 delegates from around 100 countries

00:25came together in Uzbekistan

00:27for the Tashkent International Investment Forum.

00:29President Shavkat Mrzoiev welcomed guests

00:32amid calls for stronger global cooperation

00:34and outlining the country's ambitious reforms

00:37across its investment agenda.

00:39I think there's a stability economically and politically,

00:44and there's a tone at the top

00:47that is very welcoming to foreign investment.

00:50They want foreign investment.

00:52They've said this is how they lift people out of poverty

00:56and really grow forth as an emerging strong economy.

01:04Pivotal moments around the forum also included a visit

01:07by Bulgaria's President Roman Radev,

01:09and a first visit to the country by Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico.

01:14Uzbekistan and Slovakia elevated their bilateral ties

01:17and established a new strategic partnership,

01:20as Deputy Prime Minister Denisa Sarkova said Europe should look towards investment in new markets.

01:26The biggest economy of the Europe, Germany, is now struggling,

01:30and really they are in recession for the last two years.

01:34Also the same problems in Austria.

01:37The average economic growth in Europe was decreased in last month from 1.5% to 0.9%.

01:49So really they should look for the new markets

01:53and for the new and well-developed markets all around the globe.

01:59So therefore also Central Asian continent or Central Asian part of Asia

02:05is really important and has got a really significant importance for us,

02:10not just for Slovakia but I mean for the whole Europe.

02:14Uzbekistan's gross domestic product has doubled over the past eight years

02:17and the volume of trade with its neighbours has increased by more than three and a half times.

02:22This fourth edition of the forum was the most successful yet

02:26with more than 26 billion euros of bankable projects across energy, infrastructure,

02:32agriculture, mining and digital tech being signed.

02:36In terms of the vision of Data Vault for this country,

02:42we have committed $5 billion worth of investments in the digital infrastructure sector over the next five years.

02:51We have already started on with the first phase of investments which is a very small one.

02:58We call it a pilot investment. It's $200 million.

03:04But the whole purpose behind this investment is to demonstrate the country's positioning

03:11to be the future digital hub of Central Asia and Asia.

03:17Investment in renewables and SMEs were key topics of discussion.

03:21We continue to invest in the renewable development.

03:24We also support very much SMEs.

03:2770% of our investments in the country are in the private sector, mostly SMEs.

03:32I just signed a project with the biggest private sector, pharmaceutical companies, distribution companies.

03:41And so this is the kind of financing we can provide to small businesses or medium-sized businesses.

03:47It's not about only production of green energy. It's how to localize know-how, how to localize human capital,

03:55how to train local people, how to create quality jobs, how to use Uzbekistan as the hub for energy export of green,

04:04to Europe, to many other countries, how to use manufacturing here and the capacity building here for exporting.

04:12And Uzbekistan's commitment to education and the next generation was clearly an extension of that in attracting investment from global companies.

04:20In order to drive the economic growth, the standard of living that you aspire for your people, you have to invest in education.

04:28The biggest investment that any government will ever make in its people, that people make in themselves,

04:35is in their own education and development.

04:37And recognising that it's not just education in science and engineering and all of those areas of biology and related sciences.

04:47It's also about investment and education.

04:50The forum once again highlighting Uzbekistan's potential for future opportunities and investment-ready projects.

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