Global News Post: Uzbekistan

Anumula Gitesh Sarma: Uzbekistan is an Important Partner of India in Central Asia

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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">TASHKENT</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> (</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">UzA)--- On the eve of the 21st Anniversary of the State Independence of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to the Republic of Uzbekistan Anumula Gitesh Sarma shared his opinions with UzA reporter Iroda Umarova, about the results of wide-scale reforms undertaken in Uzbekistan and bilateral relations established between our countries.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">First of all, I would like to congratulate the people and the Government of Uzbekistan on the 21st Anniversary of Uzbekistan’s Independence Day.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Uzbekistan is an important country in Central Asia. Independent Uzbekistan has witnessed significant advancement in the areas of economic growth, integration with the international community and enrichment of its social and cultural life. We in India view with admiration Uzbekistan’s many achievement. The process initiated in the direction of strengthening of democratic institutions is important.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Uzbekistan’s successes on the road to a more diversified economy are commendable. Despite global economic difficulties in the world last year Uzbekistan achieved an 8.5% GDP growth and this year too it is growing at almost the same pace.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is a matter of satisfaction that high-level contacts and regular exchanges have been maintained between our two countries. The visit of His Excellency President Karimov to India in May 2011 was a landmark one and has taken our friendship to an entirely new level where we are strategic partners. Since the visit, there has been an intensification of our bilateral ties.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We are convinced that India and Uzbekistan need to consolidate and expand our multifaceted cooperation to cover new areas also. The close friendly relationship of mutually beneficial cooperation between Uzbekistan and India is based on the solid foundation of shared historical and cultural heritage and on the fact that our economies complement each other. There is emotional bonding at the people to people level. There is identity of views on issues of regional security and stability. Our two countries share such values as secularism, tolerance and commitment to international peace. Both our countries are resolutely opposed to forces of fundamentalism and terrorism. In the unfolding situation in our common region, India-Uzbek ties have a positive contribution to make.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In 2011 the bilateral trade turnover was about US $ 160 million. Bilateral trade is clearly much below the real potential and both sides are keen to address this. Efficient transit corridors need to be set up and we are happy that high importance is being given to this.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">India is ready to partner Uzbekistan in the Information Technology sector. Human resources are an important element of the information technology industry. The most important point here is that Uzbekistan has talented young specialists. India is ready to help Uzbekistan. The India-Uzbekistan Centre for Information Technology, named after Jawaharlal Nehru, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmokhan Singh during his visit to Uzbekistan in April 2006 in the Tashkent University of Information Technology. It is proposed to upgrade this centre this year. Further during the visit of Mr. Sachin Pilot, MOS for Communication and IT in October 2011 India agreed to cooperate with Uzbekistan in setting up a joint venture related to software development and production. Several important Indian private sector IT companies which are global players are looking to benefit from opportunities in Uzbekistan.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Lal Bahadur Shastri Centre for Indian Culture working under Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) was established in Tashkent in 1995 and has been a household name in Uzbekistan’s cultural circles for its activities. Besides organizing seminar events relating to Indian culture, the Centre also organizes regular classes for Kathak, Yoga and Hindi language.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tourism is another promising area and there is considerable interest in India to visit Tashkent, Samarkand and Bukhara in particular. Similarly, people in Uzbekistan have interest in Indian cities like Delhi, Agra, Jaipur and Mumbai due to their historical connections as well as due to Bollywood. Uzbek Air operates 15 flights a week between Uzbekistan and India and we hope that there will be a further expansion of flights connecting different cities in both the countries.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

Anumula Gitesh Sarma: Uzbekistan is an Important Partner of India in Central Asia

TASHKENT ( UzA)--- On the eve of the 21st Anniversary of the State Independence of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Ambassador Extraordinary ...

On the Eve of the Day of Memory and Honor

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">UzA, photos by Hursandbek Arabboyev<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Qo’chqorboy Yunusov, participant of the Second World War.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />
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On the Eve of the Day of Memory and Honor

UzA, photos by Hursandbek Arabboyev Qo’chqorboy Yunusov, participant of the Second World War. UzA --- Qo’chqorboy Yunusov, the parti...

Uzbekistan Blocks Its Wikipedia

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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">MOSCOW (RIA Novosti) --- Central Asia’s most populous nation of Uzbekistan has blocked access to Wikipedia in its language, regional media reported on Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Users trying to access Wikipedia in Uzbek from Uzbekistan have been redirected to Msn.com for the past few weeks, CA-News.org said. The site is accessible from outside the country, and the blockade does not include Wikipedia in other languages.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">A spokesman for the country’s information and communication watchdog in Tashkent promised a comment when reached by telephone on Friday, but then stopped returning calls. Uzbekistan’s embassy in Moscow could not comment.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />
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Uzbekistan Blocks Its Wikipedia

Minitex.uz exhibition held in Samarkand

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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">UzA --- The international exhibition of mini technologies Minitex.uz was held in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Samarkand</st1:place></st1:city>. It was attended by companies from <st1:country-region w:st="on">Uzbekistan</st1:country-region>, as well as <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The participants demonstrated equipment for processing agricultural products, textile industry, water cleaning, construction materials sector, metal and wood processing, agricultural machinery and other items.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">About 1,000 local entrepreneurship entities, as well as students of universities and professional colleges had the opportunity to get acquainted with the exhibits.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">A business forum on use of the presented mini technologies and cooperation with foreign companies was held within the exhibition. --- UzA<o:p></o:p></span></i></div></div>

Minitex.uz exhibition held in Samarkand

UzA --- The international exhibition of mini technologies Minitex.uz was held in Samarkand . It was attended by companies from Uzbekistan ,...

Ichan Kala - hearth of spirituality

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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">UzA (Shake Khudoyberganov)- As a result of creative work, carried out under the leadership of President Islam Karimov, Khiva also became one of the world’s tourist destinations. For the last period, many historical monuments, like the Ancient Ark, Tash Havli, and Mausoleum of Pahlavan Mahmud were restored. At present, the work in this direction continues sequentially.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Khiva, attracting tourists from all over the world, has over 100 architectural monuments. The State Museum-Reserve “Ichan Kala,” listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is one of the most prestigious museums in the world. Its appearance transformed as a result of the work in connection with the 2,500-year anniversary of Khiva and the 1,000th anniversary of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Khorezm</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Mamun</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Academy</st1:placetype></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">According to Director of “Ichan Kala” Batyr Davlatov, a special attention is paid to the restoration of monuments of scientific and historical importance, the discovery of expositions and exhibitions to promote objective coverage of our rich history and restoration of existing exhibits, reprint historical books, further strengthening in the minds of our people the feelings of national pride and love for the motherland.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The museum works closely with public schools, academic lyceums, professional colleges, historical and architectural departments of <st1:placename w:st="on">Urgench</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>, Urgench branch of the Tashkent University of Information Technologies and the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Tashkent</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Medical</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Academy</st1:placetype></st1:place>. With participation of young people, it regularly hosts cultural and educational activities that enrich students’ knowledge of our history, great ancestors and rich cultural heritage, educating boys and girls learn to respect and honor our past and devotion to the ideas of independence.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The open-air museum in the form of an open lesson holds classes on the subject of “History of Uzbekistan,” “Fundamentals of spirituality,” as well as lectures on the history of Khorezm on the theme of “Museum and School” and “Museum and Mahalla.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Together with scientists of Khorezm Academy of Mamun and Japan’s Kyoto University as well as the specialists of the Fund “Forum of Culture and Arts of Uzbekistan,” the museum staff conducts research to monitor the condition and preservation of historical and architectural monuments, the main purpose of which is a deep study of ancient archaeological sites, historical documents and their wide promotion.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">Museum concluded cooperation agreements with 32 travel agencies in the world. It also gives due attention to the provision of exemplary service to foreign guests. Information about the tourism potential of the city is regularly placed on the website of the museum. --- UzA</span></div><br />
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Ichan Kala - hearth of spirituality

UzA (Shake Khudoyberganov)- As a result of creative work, carried out under the leadership of President Islam Karimov, Khiva also became o...