President Shavkat Mirziyoyev's article "Uzbekistan and the Republic of Korea: Cooperation in the Era of Transformation" has been published.

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The article pays special attention to the historical ties between Uzbekistan and Korea, today's special strategic partnership, trade and investment ties, and the prospects of bringing relations to a new technological level.
As noted in the article–in recent years, the volume of bilateral trade between Uzbekistan and Korea has increased 5 times;
The volume of Korean investments in the economy of Uzbekistan exceeded $8 billion;
Currently, more than 700 joint ventures and projects involving Korean capital are being implemented in our country;
The total portfolio of joint projects with KOICA, Eximbank of Korea and EDCF exceeds $3.5 billion;
In 2025, the gross domestic product of Central Asian countries exceeded $500 billion.

Noting that the complementarity of the economies of the two countries is a great opportunity to create new growth drivers, the President emphasized the importance of bringing cooperation to the level of forming common production systems, technological platforms and new markets.