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Officials of command and staff of the Ministries of Defense of Uzbekistan and the UK held talks in London, Dunyo said. Reportedly, the parties discussed the state of cooperation and outlined areas for its development.

The first-ever Central Asia-US summit in the C5+1 format, scheduled for next week in New York, “is not against any country,” the U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan announced at a briefing on Friday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev landed in New York on the night of September 17, where he will attend the 78th session of the UN General Assembly and other events.

Ramina Yagafarova, the host of With My Own Eyes program on Dunyo Bo’ylab channel, died on September 13 in Tashkent at the age of 31, her colleague Elmira Tukhvatullina announced on September 14. The information was confirmed by the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office of Uzbekistan.

Uzcard payment system has once again changed its owners, the update data of the Unified State Register of Enterprises and Organizations showed.

Officials from the Embassies of the European Union, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States met with Khidirnazar Allaqulov on September 14 to discuss the registration process for political parties in Uzbekistan.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended the fifth Central Asia Summit in Dushanbe. The summit, chaired by the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, was also attended by the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov, the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, as well as the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev as an honorary guest and the special representative of the UN Secretary-General – Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia, Kakha Imnadze.

The Cabinet of Ministers denied reports that Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov demanded that officials choose “either religion or civil service.”

The United Nations in Uzbekistan, in collaboration with the Government of Uzbekistan, and the Government of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, jointly convened the "Localization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Aral Sea Region."

On September 14, 2023, at the Tashkent International Hotel in Uzbekistan, the Indonesia Palm Oil Association (GAPKI) and the Uzbekistan's Fat & Oil Association/Assotsiasiya "Uzyog'moysanoat" signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish cooperation in the field of exchange of expertise in the production and processing of vegetable oils.

Uchtepa district criminal court sentenced the Matiz driver who hit and killed a 12-year-old schoolgirl in Tashkent in May. The driver hit a girl driving at 70 km/h in a section where the speed limit was 30 km/h. The defendant said that his son felt bad, and while driving through the Vatan intersection, he decided to increase his speed.

The Launch Ceremony of the Innovation Group focused on the adaptation of the livestock industry to climate change and the integration of modern technologies in dairy production.

Lukoil Uzbekistan Supply and Trading Ltd, which owns a number of gas fields in Uzbekistan, paid the Uzbek state $103.1 million for 6 months of 2023 under the production sharing agreement.

Over 28 thousand Uzbeks were recruited in permanent jobs abroad year -to-date, announced the spokesman to the Foreign Labor Migration Agency, Ortiqhuja Norov.

On September 13, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the new edition of the State Border Bill into Law. It has replaced the 1999 Law and took effect immediately. The Legislative Chamber passed the Bill on April 4, the Senate approved it on April 6.

The Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov held a meeting in Tashkent with the President of the International Youth Chamber of Japan Masahiro Aso.

To date, more than 2,500 cameras and radars have been installed in Uzbekistan to record traffic violations, it was announced at the government meeting chaired by the president.

Uzbekistan - 2030 Strategy and measures for its implementation in 2023 were approved by the president Mirziyoyev. The Strategy envisages 100 goals in 5 areas.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev will deliver a speech at the general debate of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York and attend the first meeting of the leaders of the US and Central Asian countries in the C5+1 format.

On September 12, Minister of Transport Ilhom Mahkamov met with Russian Deputy Minister of Transport Dmitry Zverev. According to the Ministry of Transport, the parties reviewed bilateral cooperation in the field of transport and logistics.