United States Secretary of State confirmed the readiness of his country towards development cooperation with Uzbekistan

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, located in Tashkent with a working visit, met with Uzbek leader Islam Karimov reaffirmed his countrys willingness to further develop mutually beneficial cooperation with Uzbekistan. This correspondent BakuToday the press service of the head of the Uzbek State.

According to asefi, today Uzbekistan and the United States have gained substantial experience of fruitful dialogue on a wide range of issues contributing to the development of a qualitatively new stage in bilateral cooperation in political, economic and trade, investment and humanitarian spheres, in a spirit of partnership and mutual understanding.

President Islam Karimov during his interview with Hillary Clinton said that he shared the idea of the President of the United States that our countries must continue to work together to build a more robust partnership based on mutual respect and trust. In turn, a senior American Administration noted the constructive nature of the policies and essential of our countrys security and stability in the region, said the representative of the press-service.

According to him, during a recent telephone conversation between two heads of State emphasized the interest of both countries in the development of interaction in the context of regional and international issues.

In this respect, Hillary Clinton expressed appreciation to the United States President Islam Karimov for Uzbekistans assistance in resolving meaningfully to the Afghan problem and to assist Afghanistan in socio-economic recovery, the press service of the officer.

He also reported that the sides exchanged views on the development of a dialogue between civil societies of the two countries.

One example of effective Uzbek-American cooperation are dynamically developing mutually beneficial relations in the field of automotive industry. In particular, almost ready to launch a joint venture with GM Powertrain Uzbekistan, where cutting-edge technol! ogy annu ally will be made over 200 thousands of automobile engines, the most modern environmental and technical requirements. Currently, several major American corporations is launching large-scale investment projects in Uzbekistan, including high-tech, innovative industry. During the interviews Karimov parties have exchanged opinions on other matters of mutual interest, concluded the interlocutor of the Agency.

Tomorrow within the visit of Secretary Clinton also will tour to the new General Motors Powertrain plant in Tashkent, where she will announce the programme for the development of technological entrepreneurship in Central Asia and Techno-prize competition.

Uzbekistan is the final point of the week-long trip abroad Hillary Clinton, which led to visits to Malta, Libya, Oman, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. She returns to Washington on Sunday.

As already reported BakuToday, today Hillary Clinton at a meeting in Dushanbe on the question of whether it supports the idea of construction of Rogun GES in Tajikistan, which is opposed to Uzbekistan, noted that she knows about the problems with the electricity of Tajikistan during the winter. Now the World Bank is conducting an independent review of the project. I dont know what will be its conclusions, but I can say that in recent years have been many examples of ineffective implementation of projects for the construction of large dams for the construction of a hydroelectric power station. It is therefore necessary to heed the opinion of independent experts and find alternative sources to generate electricity. It should be noted that the conclusions of the World Bank should not be the last word for the Government of Tajikistan. It must make decisions based on their interests. But it is not necessary to implement the project just to spite his neighbor, who opposed it, recalled Clinton. In doing so, she indicated that the Uzbek leadership intends to discuss the resumption of the activities of the offices of radio liberty and th! e BBC in that country. I will do it. We are interested in this. Although cant promise that this will happen as quickly as we would like, added Secretary of State, United States.