Tashkent, April 15 -- Indian industries are eyeing Uzbekistan as a strategic hub, with Reliance Industries in talks on major investment initiatives, signalling deepening economic ties between the two countries.

Recently, Prasad Panda, CEO of Reliance Industries, held high-level talks with Shokhrukh Gulyamov, Uzbekistan's Deputy Minister of Investment, Industry, and Trade. The meeting marked a major step toward bilateral cooperation in telecommunications, digital infrastructure, mining and energy.

According to an official statement by the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade of Uzbekistan, the talks focused on "the deployment and management of large-scale telecommunications networks, as well as the development of Uzbekistan's digit...