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INFORMATION DIGEST OF PRESS OF UZBEKISTAN # 88 May 1, 2015 Policy 2 Greeting Letters for President Islam Karimov 2 economy 2 Uzbek food industry produces industrial goods for 991.1bn soums in 1Q 2 investments 3 Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Mills: Great Prospects with Great Enthusiasm 3 transport 3 The Iron Path 3 Ecology 4 Eco-friendly Solutions 4 Society 4 UzReport TV channel one-year-old 4 Policy Greeting Letters for President Islam Karimov Congratulatory notes with sincere greetings and warm wishes to Islam Karimov on his election as President of the Republic of Uzbekistan during the vote that took place on 29 March 2015 are continuing to arrive from heads of state and government, international organizations as well as renowned public figures of foreign nations.? Greeting letters have come from:? King Felipe VI?of Spain? Mariano Rajoy,?Prime Minister of Spain? King Philippe?of Belgium? Tomislav Nikolic,?President of the Republic of Serbia? Dilma Vana Rousseff,?President of the Federative Republic of Brazil? Raul Modesto Castro Ruz,?Chairman of the State Council and of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba? Marzouq Ali Al Ghanim,?Speaker of the National Assembly of the State of Kuwait? Kaoru Kamata,?President of Waseda University? Greeting messages continue to come from government officials and public figures. (Source: Press-service of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan) economy Uzbek food industry produces industrial goods for 991.1bn soums in 1Q Enterprises of the Association of Enterprises of Food Industry produced industrial products for 991.1 billion soums in January-March 2015, which grew by 25.5% compared to the same period of 2014 (currency rates of CB RU from 01.05.2015 1$= 2512.73 soums). Enterprises of the industry produced consumer goods worth 896.2 billion soums in the first quarter of 2015, which increased by 30.4% year-on-year. The industry increased production of refined oil (+ 1.2%), household soap (+ 5.0%), margarine (+