UZBEKISTAN

Uzbekistan to Increase Economic Partnership with Indonesia

Tuesday, 15 March 2011

Indonesia is considered as one of Uzbekistans most important business partners. Uzbekistan Minister of Foreign Economic Relations, Investment and Trade, Galina Saidova conveyed the appraisal to His Excellency Mohamad Asruchin, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia in Tashkent. Saidova fully supports the increase of trade and economic partnerships to maximize the yet to be optimized economic potentiality. According to her, direct trade partnership opportunities can be found in cotton commodity since Uzbekistan cotton is famous for its high quality. It is for this reason that he invited Indonesia business people to participate in the Uzbekistans Annual Cotton Fair in October 2011. The fair is expected to encourage transactions between Indonesia and Uzbekistan business people. She furthermore stated that tourism was another potential source for both countries economic partnership. Uzbekistan offers several historical places like Samarqand, Bukhara and Khiva as religious tourism destinations, she added. Asruchin, in response to the partnership opportunities, suggested the need for both sides to intensify the Joint Commission forum. This forum will be the space for periodical bilateral meeting. It is highly believed that the forum could facilitate the effort to increase partnerships in every sector. Minister Saidova, added Asruchin, received the suggestion very positively. Uzbekistan had offered Tashkent to be the host for the forums bilateral meeting in the second semester of 2011. The administration time will be adjusted to the needs and situations. The intensity and development of both countries trade and economic partnership will later on determine the frequency of the said meeting. Asruchin conveyed Saidovas statements. Asruchin added that Uzbekistan was also interested to have a partnership with ASEAN. Uzbekistan government has appointed its Ambassador in Jakarta, Shavkat Jamalov, to act as the Ambassador of ASEAN and Vietnam. Indonesia and Uzbekistan have several similarities for example in culture, religion and the rate of economic growth. In the investment sector, Indonesia business people have invested their capital in hotel sector and telecommunication industry. Today, there is one Indonesian corporation, Indorama, which plans to invest capital in textile and petrochemical sectors in Uzbekistan. Asruchin further emphasized that the partnership potentiality of both countries needs to be optimized. (source: Indonesian Embassy in Tashkent/ed.Yo2k)

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Uzbekistan wants to reshape relations with Indonesia

Veeramalla Anjaiah and Kanupriya Kapoor, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 09/01/2009 12:25 PM
Shavkat Jamolov: Courtesy of RI presidential office

Uzbekistan, which is celebrating its National Day today, wants to reshape its fast-growing relations with Indonesia, Uzbekistan Ambassador to Indonesia Shavkat Jamolov says. Over the past few years, our bilateral relations in both political as well as economic spheres have accelerated. We want to reshape our relations by enhancing economic ties, Ambassador Jamolov told The Jakarta Post in a recent interview at his office, in connection with his countrys Independence Day celebrations. Our growing ties are set to show their dynamic potential in the future. In line with the growing ties, Uzbekistan appointed Jamolov as an ambassador, after a break of around 10 years. During those 10 years, the embassy was headed by a charge daffaires. Uzbekistan, the rising star of Central Asia, gained independence on Sept. 1, 1991 from then Soviet Union. Indonesia recognized the independence of Uzbekistan on Dec.28, 1991, and established diplomatic relations with it on June 23, 1992.

Right from the beginning, Uzbekistan realized the strategic importance of Indonesia, home to the worlds biggest Muslim population and Southeast Asias biggest economy. Indonesia was one of the first countries that [our] President Islam Karimov visited after Uzbekistan gained independence. The visit, which took place in 1992, laid the legal foundation for the development of relations between the two countries, said Jamolov, who submitted his credentials to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Jan. 14, 2009. In response to Karimovs visit, Indonesias former president Soeharto paid a visit to Tashkent in April 1995. These two high-level visits have indeed set the pace and direction for bilateral cooperation, which spans many areas including economics, politics, culture and education. Right from the beginning, both countries have recognized importance of each others potential. In order to strengthen relations, Indonesia opened its embassy in Tashkent in 1994 and Uzbekistan did so in Jakarta in 1996, Jamolov said. When asked about his countrys economic potential, Jamolov said Uzbekistan was a dynamic country with many opportunities. We have introduced several economic reforms to turn our economy into a market-economy. We have an investor-friendly climate, Jamolov, said. Like Indonesia, Uzbekistan has huge amounts of natural resources including gold, cotton, natural gas, petrol, coal, uranium, silver, copper, lead, zinc and tungsten. Uzbekistan is the worlds fourth biggest producer of cotton. Uzbekistans economy was estimated to grow by 8 percent last year, slightly lower than 9.5 percent recorded in 2007. Being a new ambassador, Jamolov wondered why the good political ties were not contributing to growth in bilateral trade.

We have excellent political ties with Indonesia. We cooperate closely at so many international forums. But these good ties are not reflected in the economic sphere, Jamolov said. The bilateral trade is currently in the US$10-$30 million range, but dropped to $13.75 million in 2008 from a record $28.27 million in 2007. It may decline further this year, because of the global financial crisis. At present bilateral trade is way below of our true potential. My main mission in Indonesia is to enhance our economic relations, Jamolov said. Uzbekistan presently exports cotton, electrical equipment and wool to Indonesia, and imports cocoa, tea, tobacco, animal and vegetable oil, rubber, tires, cotton fabric and other small wares from Jakarta. Jamolov had several plans in mind on how to boost bilateral trade. I will discuss with both countries chambers of commerce how to increase interaction between businesspeople from both countries. I will also try to arrange several trade missions from Indonesia to Uzbekistan, and vice versa, Jamolov said. In May 2008, Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda paid a visit to Tashkent. During the visit he met with the Uzbekistan president, foreign minister and other officials. During the visit, both countries signed a Trade Agreement and intergovernmental memorandum on the establishment of a joint commission for bilateral cooperation, which demonstrates the interest of Uzbekistan and Indonesia to expand of relations in all spheres. In efforts to expand trade and investment cooperation between Uzbekistan and Indonesia, Jakarta and Tashkent have inked several important agreements, including the Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation, the Agreement on Encouraging and Protection of Investments and the Agreement on Avoiding Double Taxation, Jamolov said.

In February this year Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov visited Jakarta to attend the first ever Joint Commission meeting on bilateral cooperation between the two countries. Besides the joint commission, Indonesia and Uzbekistan have regularly held bilateral talks since 2005. The Fifth Committee meeting on bilateral consultations will be held in Tashkent this month. Both mechanisms serve as intergovernmental panels to discuss and elaborate on recent and future directions of beneficial cooperation between the two countries, and to design ways to support bilateral initiatives in international arenas, Jamolov said. Jamolov, a career diplomat who joined the foreign service in 1992, speaks fluent Russian and English and plays tennis regularly in his free time. Jamolov said he and his family were enjoying their stay in Indonesia. We feel at home in Jakarta. Here people are very friendly and polite. In order to have closer relationships with my Indonesian friends, I am learning Indonesian, Jamolov said.

News & Events President of Uzbekistan receives Foreign Minister of Indonesia

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov received Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia Hasan Wirayuda at the Oqsaroy residence on 13 May, UzA reported. "We consider your visit manifestation of mutual as another interest in

developing cooperation," said Islam Karimov. "While Uzbekistan and Indonesia are geographically far apart, the historical and spiritual closeness and a single religion make us close." Indonesia was one of the first foreign states that President Islam Karimov visited after Uzbekistan gained independence. The visit had laid the legal foundations for the development of relations between the countries. The foreign ministries of the two states have been holding regular consultations that create opportunities to exchange views on important issues related to cooperation. Indonesia is one of the important economic partners of Uzbekistan in Southeast Asia. A number of companies with Indonesian capital function in Uzbekistan, including Uzbekistan International (marketing in telecommunications) and PT Hikman Albros (hotel service). Indonesia, like Uzbekistan, has a great potential and experience in the development and use of natural resources. The country produces oil, natural gas, coal, tin, copper, nickel, gold and other minerals. Considering this, it can be said that Uzbekistan-Indonesia cooperation in this field has great prospects. The friendship society Uzbekistan-Indonesia makes a great contribution to strengthening the friendly ties between the peoples of the two countries. In 1997, a document on establishment of twin-city relations between Samarkand and Banda Aceh was signed. Since 2001, the center for study of the national language of Indonesia Bahasa Indonesia operates at the Samarkand Institute of Economy and Service. During the visit of Foreign Minister Hasan Wirayuda to Tashkent an intergovernmental memorandum was signed on the establishment of a joint commission for bilateral cooperation, which demonstrates the interest of Uzbekistan and Indonesia to expansion of relationships in all spheres.

At the meeting with President of Uzbekistan, the Foreign Minister of Indonesia said his country was interested in expanding cooperation with Uzbekistan. Uzreport.com

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3D MT SURVEY IN UZBEKISTAN PHEONIX GEOSYSTEMS INDONESIA

Uzbekneftegaz, the state-owned oil and gas company of Uzbekistan, carried out several large 3-D MT surveys during 2008, using a multichannel Phoenix MT system. These results were first reported at the First Uzbekistan Electroprospecting Conference in Bukhara last November. One 3-D MT survey, in a mountainous area in southern Uzbekistan, comprised 1,020 MT stations on a nearly regular 12 km x 13 km grid (approx. 32 x 32 stations). Seismic is difficult and expensive in this type of terrain. The target gas-bearing formation is approx. 3,000 m deep, in an anticline approx. 10 km x 3 km, with 250 m relief. Several rounds of drilling and geophysical work have resulted in repeated revisions to the model of the complicated geological structure since its discovery with 2-D seismic in 1983. Uzbekneftegaz used 3-D MT to help plan a future 3-D seismic survey. The innovative MT survey yielded a rich data set suitable for 3-D visualization and manipulations. The figures at right are excerpted from 3-D MT Survey in Uzbekistan by Babadjanov et al., presented by Olex Ingerov at the MT seminar in Beijing in February.

3-D visualization of the 45-degree isosurface of the invariant phase. Each voxel corresponds to one frequency at one station, here converted to a pseudodepth. Phoenix calculates 40 frequencies in the MT spectrum, so there are approx. 32 x 32 x 40 voxels, each with many MT parameters. In this simple presentation, all voxels are shown as the same size.

Plan view of the MT parameter skew at a specific frequency. A high skew usually indicates 3-D structure. The small black dots indicate the station locations. (Scale ranges from 0.36, red, to 0.01, violet. Click the image to download the newsletter in PDF for a clearer view.)