The $860 million plant is expected to produce 815 million cubic meters of commercial natural gas and 119,000 tonnes of liquefied gas.

Samarkand also became the 48th member of the EBRD's Green Cities urban sustainability programme.

The economy is projected to grow by 3.8 percent in 2021 and by 6.4 percent in 2022.

The rate corridor was kept at plus or minus 1.0 percentage point. The rate on access operations to provide liquidity is set at 10 percent.