On September 22, in Khiva, the presidential candidate from the Uzlidep Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with the voters of the Khorezm province, the presidential press service said.

Reportedly, Shavkat Mirziyoyev unveiled some of his election program.

The program consists of ten priorities aimed at bringing the country to a new level of development. This is the economic development based on science and high technologies, poverty reduction through active entrepreneurship and targeted financial support, increasing efficiency in agriculture, improving the quality of education and training competitive personnel, improving the public health, balanced development of provinces, improving the system of public administration, ensuring the rule of law, open and pragmatic foreign policy, the development of the cultural and spiritual fields.

The candidate Shavkat Mirziyoyev highlighted the ongoing reforms in the Khorezm province. Over the past five years, more than 7 thousand investment projects worth $ 2 billion have been implemented in industry, services and agriculture. 141 thousand new jobs have been created. 80 new hotels have been built. As a result of the reconstruction of the Toshsoka irrigation network, water supply has begun to 191 thousand hectares of land. 12 thousand housing units were built.

The candidate also outlined his program for the next five years. In particular, during this period it is planned to create more than 250 thousand new jobs in the province, including 100 thousand - due to the wide development of doing business in makhallas. A separate program will be adopted to increase the volume of tourist services by at least 5 times. 12 thousand hectares of cotton and grain fields will be reduced and leased to the population on the basis of an open tender. Also, plans were announced in the field of transport, education, health care, ecology and other social spheres.

“All our reforms and projects that we are implementing in the Khorezm province are aimed at boosting the province’s economy, developing entrepreneurship, providing employment, raising human dignity, and increasing people's satisfaction with life. We have all the opportunities - natural resources, economic, human, intellectual and spiritual potential - to implement such ambitious plans,” Shavkat Mirziyoyev said.