President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with the Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud on the sidelines of the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP31) on Tuesday, the presidential press service said.
The talks focused on expanding multifaceted cooperation between Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia. The sides also discussed deepening ties in strategic sectors beyond energy, the press service said.
They paid particular attention to taking partnership in the oil and gas, petrochemical and mining industries to a new level, and to developing concrete, practical proposals on priority areas, it said.
At the start of the meeting, the Saudi minister conveyed greetings and best wishes to Mirziyoyev from King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and from Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud.
Relations between the two countries have developed rapidly in recent years, the press service said. A portfolio of major joint projects has taken shape, most of them in green energy.
Notes: The source contains no direct quotes, so the wire version relies on attribution to the press service. I added “Tuesday” to match the Nov. 10 date, which was a Tuesday.
