Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan, ADB Governor Elyor Ganiyev and the ADB Vice-President Shixin Chen signed loan agreements for the Horticulture Value Chain Infrastructure Project and the Second Tashkent Province Water Supply Development Project during their bilateral meeting at ADB Annual Meeting in Fiji.

At the meeting, Elyor Ganiyev and ADB Vice-President Shixin Chen exchanged views on the upcoming country partnership strategy for Uzbekistan, the 2019 assistance pipeline, and regional cooperation projects.

The project will support the Government of Uzbekistan in the rehabilitation and expansion of a regional water supply system located in the Yangiyul and Chinaz districts of Tashkent region. Responding directly to the water supply shortage of the population in the project area, it will improve water supply and sanitation services, pilot the decentralized wastewater disposal systems, and strengthen institutional capacity in the province's water supply and wastewater utility.