Tashkent, Jan. 9 -- FAO's Director-General QU Dongyu and Uzbekistan's Minister for Agriculture Jamshid Khodjaev signed an agreement for establishing the Uzbekistan lounge at FAO's headquarters in Rome.

The FAO-Uzbekistan Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) represents the first contribution from an FAO Member to the planned transformation of the public space at FAO's headquarters - all with the aim to create an innovative space for showcasing agriculture and technology and facilitating knowledge exchange.

In November 2020, Uzbekistan virtually hosted the FAO Regional Conference for Europe (ERC). The Director-General noted that the minister's personal efforts as chair contributed to transforming the Regional Conference to a dynamic, interac...