TASHKENT, May 17 — Malaysia and Uzbekistan can work together to explore new areas of digitalisation, energy transition and equip their people with new knowledge in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Both nations can also establish good cooperation in the halal, banking, and food technology sectors.
“Of course, we have to be pragmatic. We are dealing with a very, very, very challenging world,” he said during a joint press conference with Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today, as part of his three-day inaugural visit to the Central Asian republic.
Earlier, Anwar paid a courtesy call to Mirziyoyev and held a meeting with the president.
He said both countries should also enhance the quality of education in their countries, adding that it could be a potential collaboration in that sector as well.
Malaysia’s top companies and conglomerates would participate in the High-Level Uzbekistan-Malaysian Business Forum at the Silk Road Samarkand Tourism Complex.
“And that explains why we support the whole idea of the business. Tomorrow, the leading players of Petronas and the Employees Provident Fund will participate. You are not just dealing with just any country but an important country,” Anwar said.
Earlier, the special aircraft carrying Anwar, who was flying in from Kazakhstan, landed at the Tashkent International Airport at 2.15pm local time.
Uzbekistan is the last stop of Anwar’s official visit to three Central Asian countries. He had earlier visited the Kyrgyz Republic and Kazakhstan.
Tomorrow, the Prime Minister will visit the Imam Hazrati Complex, where the original manuscript of the Caliph Usman Quran (Mashaf Uthmani) — the oldest in the world — is kept and displayed.
From Tashkent, he will travel to Samarkand, where he is expected to address participants of the Uzbekistan-Malaysian Business Forum at the Silk Road Samarkand Tourism Complex.
— Bernama
