India wants strong economic partnership with Uzbekistan: Prabhu

TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi/ India is committed to build a strong economic partnership with Uzbekistan, Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Friday.

Addressing the India-Uzbekistan Business Forum here organised by the industry chamber Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) ahead of the upcoming state visit of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Prabhu said India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world and the service sector has huge potential to play an important role in India-Uzbekistan partnership.

“Uzbekistan was once part of the ancient Silk Route linking the Far East to Europe. We would now like to make it part of the Silicon Route,” Prabhu said. “India and Uzbekistan could cooperate to foster the development of new and advanced technologies and with that create the new Silicon Route.”

Describing Uzbekistan as a bridge between Asia and Europe which is going to be a thrust area in India’s trade policy, the Minister offered to set up skill development training centres in the Central Asian nation.