OREANDA-NEWS. March 24, 2010. The forum of business circles of Uzbekistan and Oman was held at Tashkent’s International Business Center.

The event was organized by the Ministry for foreign economic relations, investments and trade of Uzbekistan and the Ministry of trade and industry of Oman.

The participants considered issues of expansion of trade, economic and investment cooperation between the two countries, including development of new joint projects.

It was noted that the state visit of the President of Uzbekistan to Oman in October 2009 had raised the bilateral relations to the higher level and created wide opportunities for expansion of cooperation.

The businessmen of Oman received information on the priority areas of investments in Uzbekistan, including fuel and energy complex, transport communications, car building, construction materials, IT, tourism, agriculture and others.

They showed great interest to the opportunities created in the free industrial and economic zone in Navoi region.

On the same day, the cooperation exchange was held between the Uzbek and Oman companies. The sides signed a number of cooperation documents in the oil and gas, as well as chemical industries.

During the visit to Tashkent, the delegation of Oman held talks at the ministries and departments of Uzbekistan on expansion of cooperation.