The directive was issued during a government meeting held via videoconference, where the president criticized delays in implementing investment projects agreed during high-level foreign visits and raised concerns about the effectiveness of several diplomatic missions.
According to officials, Uzbekistan reached agreements on 1,617 investment projects worth $213 billion during 52 high-level visits in recent years. However, the president said there were shortcomings in monitoring the implementation of these projects.
To strengthen oversight, responsibility for maintaining the implementation roadmaps has been assigned to the Chamber of Accounts and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The prime minister was instructed to hold weekly reviews of the roadmaps with ministers, regional governors and ambassadors, assessing progress on a country-by-country and project-by-project basis.
Mirziyoyev also expressed dissatisfaction with the work of a number of diplomatic missions. He noted that Uzbekistan's ambassador to Belarus had been dismissed for showing insufficient attention to investment and foreign trade issues.
The president further stated that the performance of ambassadors in France, Austria, Spain, Italy, Oman, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore had not been sufficiently visible.
Mirziyoyeva has now been tasked with establishing a commission to evaluate the work of diplomatic missions in the areas of economic diplomacy, investment attraction and export promotion. The commission is also expected to submit proposals to replace officials who fail to meet their responsibilities with younger professionals possessing a modern outlook.
