Yesterday, July 17, Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili hosted the Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Abdulla Aripov, the press service of the government of Georgia said.

Uzbekistan, Pakistan and Afghanistan, at a meeting in Islamabad, launched the final stage of negotiations on the Trans-Afghan railway line Termez-Mazar-i-Sharif-Kabul-Peshawar railway project, the press service of the Uzbekistan Railways said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a working visit to Jeddah on July 18-19 to attend the first Central Asia-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit, the presidential press service said.

Dilshod Azimov was appointed acting chairman of Uzsuvtaminot (government body responsible for water supply). The relevant decision was made on July 13 by the State Assets Management Agency.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, in his inaugural speech today, pointed to the need to develop the Uzbek economy without harming the environment.

As per the government’s July 14 resolution, Zufar Narzullaev became the chairman of Uzbekistan Railways replacing Khusnutdin Khasilov who had been in charge since February 2019, the company said.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Kanokpan Lao-Araya as its new Country Director for Uzbekistan. Ms. Lao-Araya, who started the role today, will lead ADB’s operations in Uzbekistan and supervise the preparation and implementation of the bank’s new country partnership strategy for 2023–2028.

Voltalia, an international player in renewable energies, celebrates its new office in Uzbekistan, Voltalia Tachkent FE LLC to follow the execution of new projects in the country.

Newly elected President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev took the oath at a joint session of the Houses of Parliament today and delivered an inaugural address.

The countries of Central Asia are under enormous pressure from Moscow, which exerts significant control over energy and trade, said the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Elizabeth Horst in a statement at a hearing in the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives of Congress.

Inauguration of the President of Uzbekistan will take place on July 14 at a joint session of the Legislative Chamber and the Senate, the two chambers of the parliament said in a joint statement.

Pack of dogs attacked a 5-year-old child in Andijan province. The incident occurred on the territory of the Mustakillikning 30 Yilligi mahalla in Khojaabad district.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree on July 6 launching as of October 1 in Uzbekistan of a register of business entities that have been granted exclusive rights.

Footage circulated on social media showing law enforcement officers pulling some people out of a car and knocking them to the ground.

The heat will retreat in Tashkent and Uzbekistan later this week. Tashkent weather will be partly cloudy in places, with no precipitation. 7-12 m/s eastward wind will transition to the west, on July 14 in places it will likely to increase up to 15-20 m/s. Temperature in the daytime will reach 34-39° Celsius on July 14, 33-38° on July 15 and 35-40° on July 16.

On June 30, at about 13:50, three unidentified men broke into an apartment in Tashkent’s Yakkasaray district, where 61-year-old South Korean citizen N. Kh. and his 37-year-old daughter K. M. live, the Investigation Department of the Interior Ministry said.

The seventh meeting of the working group on Uzbekistan's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) is scheduled to take place in September-October, Dunyo news agency said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed decree on July 6 approving the phased implementation of independent market regulators for areas related to the infrastructure of industries and natural monopolies.

Samarkand city mayor awarded the taxi driver who saved child from dogs attack. Meanwhile, police officers found the owner of the dogs and drew up a protocol.

Addressing the Human Rights Council, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk noted that the tome was the “core of faith” for well over one billion Muslims.