The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a meeting with leaders of leading companies and banks of Germany, in Munich, reports the press service of Uzbek government.

It was attended by heads of leading companies, leaders of the European and world markets, financial structures such as Siemens, Thyssenkrupp, Volkswagen, Knauf, Claas, MAN, Deutsche Bahn, Linde Group, Falk Porcshe Technik, Atlas International, Tenova, Giesecke&Devrient, Papenburg, Euler Hermes, Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank and others.

Representatives of the German business community praised the economic reforms carried out in Uzbekistan, emphasized that liberalization of monetary and tax systems, simplification of visa procedures, including introduction of a visa-free regime for up to 30 days, created additional opportunities for successfully doing business in Uzbekistan.

Currently there are more than 110 enterprises in Uzbekistan with participation of investors from Germany, about 30 of them are fully organized on the basis of German capital.

Manufacturing enterprises created together with well-known industrial giants of Germany Claas, Knauf and others are successfully operating in Uzbekistan. Cooperation in automotive industry is dynamically developing. Trucks are produced together with one of the German auto giants MAN.

"We are interested in further expanding this cooperation. We are ready to support promising projects based on mutual trust", - said head of Uzbekistan.

"The Qazaq Times"