A joint gold mining project with Azerbaijan is being launched in Kitab district of Kashkadarya region of Uzbekistan.
Modern.az reports with reference to the press service of the President of Uzbekistan that this was announced during Shavkat Mirziyoyev's visit to the region on October 21.
Within the framework of the visit, 161 projects with a total value of more than 6 billion dollars were presented. 69 of them have been put into operation, and the construction of 92 more facilities has been started.
Mirziyoyev stated that 20 trillion soums have been allocated to Kashkadarya in the last five years, and 7 billion dollars of foreign investment have been attracted. During this period, the per capita income in the region increased three times.
"2027 will be the year of Kashkadarya's development based on modern industry and agrotechnologies," - emphasized the President of Uzbekistan.
