Uzbek leader receives visiting German minister


Uzbek TV
July 5

President of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, received visiting State Secretary of Germany's Federal Ministry for Economy and Technology Axel Gerlach in his Oqsaroy residence on Friday.

While welcoming the state secretary of Germany's Federal Ministry for Economy and Technology, Axel Gerlach, the Uzbek leader said that this meeting had been agreed at a meeting with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.

A number of big projects with German investment have been implemented in Uzbekistan of late. There are 138 enterprises with German capital operating in Uzbekistan, 55 firms and companies have opened offices, including four big commercial banks.