Uzbekistan cannot provide a high level of economic growth due to the sale of oil and gas. This was announced at a meeting with entrepreneurs on August 18 by the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
“We cannot ensure high economic growth by selling oil and gas resources, like some countries. We do not have such resources. And those that are, we need, because the population is increasing. We cannot sell. We are in this direction We do a lot. God forbid, this year the population will feel the work done in winter. I will say once again: we cannot ensure high economic growth due to the sale of oil and gas, ”said the president, whose words are quoted by the newspaper. >
Mirziyoyev noted that Uzbek oil and gas are high -quality products of high cost, which are created from raw materials by initiative and enterprising entrepreneurs. “We do not have the opportunity to sell gas and oil, we ourselves need it. We create an added value of cotton,” the president emphasized.
According to him, in Uzbekistan, work is underway to create added value from raw materials and resources. “If you take kaolin, we now import kaolin products. We take kaolin and sell us back as a product. We will import coal, although we have coal and kaolin in reserves. But we did not do this until recently … in this area in this area Great opportunities, tools, conditions will be created, large projects are implemented, ”Mirziyoev added.