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The head of the diplomatic mission began with words of condolence on the passing away of the first President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, who, according to the diplomat, had laid the foundation for the bilateral cooperation during his visit to
“Over the past six years, the most significant result of the interaction between our two nations has been the construction of a new building for the Center for Oriental Manuscripts under the Beruni Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies. Please tell us more about this project.”
“Relations between
“I would like to note that in the construction of any facility important is the timing of commissioning. In this sense, our facility has been put into operation in lead time. It is currently ready for commissioning, outfitted with furniture and household appliances. There, French specialists have been installing computer equipment brought from
“Who has built the facility, was it Uzbek specialists?”
“Yes. And we were struck by their ability to work, because the laying of the first stone took place on September 15, 2015, and exactly one year later the building was ready to be commissioned. It is designed in the style of Omani and Uzbek architecture. All used building materials are locally produced, and I would like to emphasize their high quality. The only thing we brought from
“As you know, the manuscripts in the library are the valuables of not only the Uzbek people, but also the entire world, thus the rare works collected there are included in the Memory of the World register. The project director, the British engineer Nicholas Swallow with particular trepidation treated the preservation of rare books and manuscripts. During the construction, he paid much attention to the microclimate of the premises. In such cases extremely important is also the system of gas fire control. It is these very effective installations that we have outfitted the special storage center with. Its value is no additional damage that may cause the extinguishing agent to the stored documents and artistic valuables.”
“When do you plan to open the center?”
“In the spring of
“We have talked about the major project, and now we may move on to the major issue in the bilateral relations, namely, the growth of trade turnover.”
“Last year, in September
“In one of your interviews you spoke of the high potential in the agricultural sector...”
“Yes indeed. We even came up with a proposal to the Uzbek side on the supply of meat to
“It turns out that today, for the development of relations with
“Yes, we are closely following the economic reforms in Uzbekistan, and the opportunities for investment cooperation is studied the Uzbek-Oman investment fund set up after the visit of the first President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov to Oman. At present, the fund capital is at $500 million, yet in the near future we plan to increase this figure to $1 billion. This step demonstrates our focus on long-term trade and economic partnership.”
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