Uzbekistan carrying out projects worth over $27 bln with Saudi Arabia - Uzbek presidential press service

TASHKENT. Nov 11 (Interfax) - The cost of projects Uzbekistan is carrying out with Saudi Arabia's leading companies exceeds $27 billion, the press service of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said in a statement after Mirziyoyev's meeting with Saudi Arabia's delegation led by Energy Minister and Minister of Industry and Natural Resources Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud on the sidelines of the United Nations COP31 Climate Change Conference in Antalya.

"The parties discussed ways to further expand Uzbek-Saudi multifaceted cooperation and their comprehensive partnership," the statement said.

The sides said that bilateral relations between Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia have been developing rapidly in recent years. The two countries have formed a portfolio of large-scale projects, many of which focusing on green energy, the statement said.

Emphasis was also placed on deepening cooperation and working out specific practical proposals in the oil and gas sector, the petrochemical sector, mining, and other priority industries.

Mirziyoyev is paying a working visit to Turkey on November 10-11 to attend the COP31 events.