TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, February 5. Uzbekistan
and the United States signed a memo on critical minerals and rare
earth cooperation, Uzbekistan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs
Bakhtiyor Saidov wrote on his X page, Trend reports.
“Together with Deputy Secretary of State H.E. Christopher
Landau, we signed the Memorandum of Understanding between the
Governments of Uzbekistan and the United States for securing supply
in the mining and processing of critical minerals and rare earths,”
Saidov wrote.
He noted that Uzbekistan views critical minerals not only as an
economic opportunity but also as an area for responsible
partnership and long-term development.
Meanwhile, the document was signed on the sidelines of the
Critical Minerals Ministerial event, an international platform
bringing together government officials and industry stakeholders to
strengthen cooperation on securing supply chains for strategically
important raw materials.
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