Visiting Indonesia, Uzbekistan Interested In Studying Agriculture And Fisheries Sector

As a follow-up to the meeting of the President of the Republic of Indonesia and the President of Uzbekistan on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Initiative Forum in May 2020, Uzbekistan Deputy Prime Minister Zoyir Toirovich Mirzaev in his capacity as a Minister of Agriculture carried out a working visit to Indonesia on 21-25 August 2020. The Uzbekistan Delegations were more than 50 people and consist of ministers, governors, officials and practitioners from agriculture and fisheries sector.

On the first day of his visit (21/8), Deputy Prime Minister Mirzaev conducted a courtesy visit to the President of Indonesia, and a meeting with the Minister of Agriculture, the Minister of Marine and Fisheries and the Minister of Environment and Forestry.

In the meeting with President Joko Widodo which was also attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of State Secretary of Indonesia, Uzbekistan praised Indonesia's success in developing agriculture sector, such as rice and pepper. In the fisheries sector, Uzbekistan wants to study the development of the fisheries sector especially freshwater aquaculture and expect a concrete cooperation between the two countries. Uzbekistan also invited Indonesian investors to invest in these two sectors in Uzbekistan.

President Joko Widodo welcomed Uzbekistan's wishes and promised to send Indonesian delegation to Uzbekistan to explore the concrete cooperation.

During this visit, Deputy Prime Minister Mirzaev also expressed Uzbekistan's support for Indonesia's nomination as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council which the election will be held in New York in 2020.

In addition to make a meeting with the high Indonesian officials, Deputy Prime Minister Mirzaev was planned to field visit to Cianjur, Pangkal Pinang and Bogor on 22-24 August 2020. (Source: Directorate of South and Central Asia).