Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 25 November, in the khokimiyat of Tashkent, the khokim of the capital met with journalists from the country of the rising sun. During the meeting, Jahongir Artikhodzhaev answered questions from Japanese journalists.

In particular, the editor of the Globe Trotter Travel Guidebook, Hidefumi Kawada, inquired about the expectations of cooperation with the city of Nagoya in the framework of the memorandum signed between the cities of Tashkent and Nagoya in March of this year.

“From 21 to 24 May 2019, a delegation of the Tashkent khokimiyat paid a visit to Tokyo and the city of Nagoya. During the visit, the delegation took part in the Tokyo Urban Sustainability Forum, a protocol of intent was signed, a Memorandum of Understanding between the cities of Tashkent and Nagoya, and agreements were reached in the field of urban planning, the introduction of new technologies in the field of energy and heat supply, water treatment, road construction and road construction markup. During the upcoming visit to Japan in December, it is planned to sign an agreement on cooperation between the cities of Nagoya and Tashkent,” the khokim of Tashkent replied.

Journalists from the publications and agencies “Mainichi Shimbun”, “Sankei Shimbun”, “JIJI Press” and others also asked their questions. Comprehensive answers were received to them, the khokim noted that the next stage of our relations will be the establishment of ties and joint work on projects in the field of culture, economy and tourism, and spoke about the prospects for cooperation.