Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 15 July 2022, a meeting of ministers of industry of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the VIII meeting of the Council on Industrial Policy of the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will be held in Tashkent under the chairmanship of the Republic of Uzbekistan. 

The events will be attended by the ministers of industry of India, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, deputy relevant ministers of Kazakhstan, Russia, China, Belarus, SCO Secretary General Zhang Ming, Deputy Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee Ilhomjon Nematov, as well as representatives of the business community of Russia and Kazakhstan.

The meeting participants will discuss issues of further intensifying and building up interaction within the framework of these multilateral organizations in the interests of industrial development, ensuring sustainable growth in industrial production on the basis of cooperation, implementing joint investment projects, introducing new technologies, attracting material and financial resources, increasing labor productivity and diversifying industrial products.

The approval of a number of important documents aimed at developing the industries of the SCO and CIS countries is expected.

In particular, the ministers of the member states of the Shanghai Organization will approve the draft Program to stimulate industrial cooperation between the business circles of the SCO countries, which will subsequently be submitted for approval during the Samarkand summit of the Organization.

A similar document is expected to be approved during the meeting of industry ministers of the CIS member states.