AKIPRESS.COM - Uzbekistan - Singapore Business Forum took place in Tashkent, UzA reported.

The forum, organized within the framework of the visit of President of Singapore Halimah Yacob to Uzbekistan, is of great importance in further strengthening business relations between entrepreneurs of the two countries.

The opening ceremony was attended by President of Singapore Halimah Yacob, Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Jamshid Khodjayev, and heads of relevant ministries and agencies, industrial associations, large companies of Uzbekistan and Singapore.

The President of Singapore, Halimah Yacob, emphasized the priority of partnership in the investment, trade and economic spheres and industrial cooperation. She highly appreciated the results of mutual high-level visits.

The event also included panel discussions on developing education, transport, urban planning, and finance partnerships.

A solid package of investment agreements and trade contracts was signed in several areas of mutual interest to the business circles of both countries following the forum.