President’s Envoy on Afghanistan, Ismatulla Ergashev hosted the UK’s Ambassador Timothy Torlot yesterday. The parties discussed regional security, including the possible regulation of the situation in Afghanistan.

Passage of citizens, buses and cars through the border customs posts of the Syrdarya province customs department and Tashkent province customs department will be suspended from February 15, the Customs Committee said.

Today in the morning, the plane carrying the Politburo member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, head of the office of the foreign affairs commission of the CPC Central Committee and the former Foreign Minister Wang Yi, on the way to Europe, made a stop in Tashkent due to technical reasons. Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov arrived at the airport to welcome Wang Yi, Xinhua reported.

Tashkent’s Raddison Blu Hotel will host the VI Uzbekistan Guide Forum-2023 on February 21. The event is organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Research Institute for the Study of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Development.

Turkey received the delivery of 170 tons of humanitarian aid from Uzbekistan, which was sent by both the government and the Uzbeks themselves, the Turkish Anadolu agency reported.

Today, on February 14, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General, Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia, Natalya Gherman, who is ending her posting.

Pilot project to recruit Uzbek nationals to the Russian construction industry is set to be suspended. This follows from the draft resolution of the Russian government, prepared by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, RIA Novosti reported.

Energy Minister Zhurabek Mirzamakhmudov, at a meeting with press on February 12, commented on the investigation on YouTube by Radio Liberty’s Uzbek service Ozodlik entitled "Secret agreements that left Uzbeks without gas".

Ferghana province governor Khairullo Bozorov hosted the General Director of the Turkish company Alarko Holding Altek Hakan Aytekin.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree appointing Akmal Zhumanazarov as the Deputy Minister of Energy, the Ministry of Energy reported on Tuesday.

On 16–18 January, within the ADB-financed "Designing and Implementing Gender Components of the Uzbekistan: Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridor 2 (Bukhara–Miskin–Urgench–Khiva) Railway Electrification” Project the Training of Trainers took place at the Tashkent State Transport University (TSTU) for 14 teachers of the Faculty of Computer & Electrical Engineering. Further, they will be teaching based on the newly introduced module across their separate degree programs.

Today, the Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov hosted the chief of the UNESCO’s representative office in Uzbekistan, Sara Noshadi.

The administrative regulation for provision of governmental services to foreign citizens and stateless persons applying for a permanent residence permit in Uzbekistan through the Unified Interactive State Services Portal are approved.

Unstable weather is expected this week across Uzbekistan, with occasional rai, Uzhydromet said. On February 16-17, heavy precipitation is forecasted in foothill and mountainous areas.

Government’s 89.8% stake in Kvarts, which has a monopoly position in the market of building windows and glass containers, was sold for 265 billion soums. The buyer is Kuvasoytsement, whose is approximately 90 percent owned by Raybird Ltd., Rayblock Ltd. and Rayeross Ltd. registered in Cyprus, the State Asset Management Agency (SAMA) reported.

Uzbek Ambassador to Austria Abat Faizullaev met with the president of the Slovak Automobile Industry Association, director of external relations of Volkswagen Slovakia A. Matushek, Dunyo reported.

Minister of Investments, Industry and Trade of Uzbekistan Laziz Qudratov hoste the leadership of Elsewedy Electric (Egypt) and discussed the prospects of implementing joint projects and introducing innovative developments in the energy sector.

Sogdiana Trans (a subsidiary of Uzbekistan Railways) and the Afghan Railway Authority signed an agreement on February 12 to continue operating the Hairaton-Mazar-i-Sharif railway, Uzbekistan Railways reported after the ongoing negotiations in Termez.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree on a new business classification and measures to improve tax policies and administration, the Ministry of Justice said.

On average, 74 Uzbeks received Russian citizenship every single day in 2022. According to the Russia Interior Ministry, 27,220 Uzbeks received Russian citizenship in 2022, which ranked Uzbeks fifth.