In Atlanta, the capital of the state of Georgia, the Embassy of Uzbekistan in the United States conducted a presentation of the investment potential and opportunities created in the country for foreign investors for representatives of official, business, academic circles, and the media.
The co-organizer was the Atlanta Council on Foreign Relations (ACIR), which brings together leading businessmen, politicians, and professors who live in the states of Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, North and South Carolina.
Representatives of Atlanta business are active investors in the field of IT, automotive, financial services and logistics attended in the event.
Opening the presentation, ACIR President Robert Kennedy noted that Uzbekistan today is the main reformer in the CIS space, and the policy of “openness and support for reforms” led by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is of great interest in the United States. He urged ACIR members to “seize the moment” to establish close cooperation with representatives of the Uzbek business.
Ambassador Javlon Vahabov acquainted the participants with the latest achievements of the economy of Uzbekistan. Taking into account the fact that the city of Atlanta is one of the most developed centers in the United States for the implementation of startups, special attention was paid to the work being done by the Government of our country to support start-up projects. Serious interest among the guests of the event was caused by the fact that the Republic plans to take the South Korean experience of developing a start-up system as a basis, and by 2030 to join the 50 leading countries of the world according to the Global Innovation Index.
Speaking about the transport and logistics potential of Uzbekistan, the Ambassador drew parallels between the logistics center Navoi, which is considered by investors as the main transport aviation network of our region, and the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta international airport, which is the busiest by the number of flights in the world.
In this context, the participants of the event were informed about a large Uzbek-American-Canadian business forum, which will be held in Navoi on 16-17 May. It was stressed that a delegation led by Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant, who will become the first head of the US state visiting Central Asia, is arriving from the United States to participate in this important event.
The ambassador also invited representatives of the business community of Georgia to take part in the “certified trade mission” on 18-20 June, organized by the US Department of Commerce, and the Uzbek-American business forum, scheduled to be held in Washington on 21-22 October.
