MOSCOW, June 8 (RIA Novosti) - The recent crackdown on revolt in the eastern Uzbek city of Andizhan has not affected the country's business and investment climate, the Uzbek ambassador to Russia said Wednesday at a bilateral business meeting.

Evidence to that is Uzbek president Islam Karimov's post-revolt visit to China that resulted in signing several economic documents worth over $600 million, Ambassador Bakhtier Islamov told the meeting of the Russian and Uzbek business councils.

"This was another confirmation that investors are ready to engage Uzbekistan economically and politically," he said.

He also expressed hope that Andizhan would be taken off the international agenda as soon as possible because, according to him, the unrest is over and the situation in the country is fully under control.

"I hope that cooperation with Russia and other countries will not only be suspended, but will become more active," he said.

According to the ambassador, Uzbekistan is starting the privatization of large and medium enterprises.

"We believe these assets will be interesting to investors from Russia and other states," the official said.

On May 13, an armed crowd stormed the city prison and government buildings of Uzbekistan's fourth-largest city of Andizhan. In response, Uzbek security forces clamped down on the revolt that, officially, took the toll of 173 people. However, independent journalists and human rights activists said hundreds of people had been massacred.

The Russian-Uzbek and Uzbek-Russian Business Councils signed a bilateral trade treaty in Moscow on Wednesday. Head of the Russian-Uzbek council Yury Shafranik said that the treaty was focused on energy, aviation industry, consumer and textile industries, and information technology.