New private airline Centrum Air received the delivery of two planes in Tashkent from Vilnius Wednesday. They landed one after another - at 19:07 and 19:18, the Uzbekistan Airports said.

Today, First Deputy Foreign Minister Furkat Sidiqov hosted the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America Jonathan David Henick.

The president’s Jan. 16 Decree on improving the efficiency of activities of the courts has outlined measures to enhance of the independence of judiciary and ensure the immunity of judges.

The West is exerting pressure on the countries of Central Asia and is demanding from them to join the sanctions against Moscow, said the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov at a press conference in St. Petersburg.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, as part of his state visit to Singapore, met with the leaders of major companies and financial institutions.

President’s draft Additional measures for the further development of transport infrastructure and the introduction of a digital traffic control system in the city of Tashkent Decree has been posted for public input.

With the support of the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Kuala Lumpur, an online meeting was held between the Ministries of Transport of Uzbekistan and Brunei, as well as the CEOs of Uzbekistan Airports, Marokanda Air and Royal Brunei Airlines, Dunyo reported.

Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with the Samarkand Sub-commission on Combating Trafficking in Persons and the non-governmental organization Istiqlol Avlodi, opened the second Information and Consultation Center for Migrants and Families of Migrants.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit Kyrgyzstan next week. At a meeting of the committee on the fuel and energy complex, subsoil use and industrial policies of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan, the Deputy Minister of Economy and Commerce Ainura Usenbekova said that next week, on January 26, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev was expected to visit the country.

The State Assets Management Agency announced the sale of Ferghanaazot enterprise, one of the largest producers of mineral fertilizers, the press service of the State Assets Management Agency (SAMA) reported.

First Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism Ulugbek Azamov hosted the Minister of Tourism of Bulgaria, Ilin Dimitrov. The parties explored the ways to further advance cooperation in the field of tourism between Uzbekistan and Bulgaria, promoting the tourist flow, helping to establish relations between businesses and establishing direct flights between the two countries.

Uzhydromet issued weather forecast for Tashkent on January 18. The day will be partly cloudy, with no precipitation expected. Fog is possible at night and in the morning.

A 20-year-old man died in a military unit of Tashkent province. First, the military officials told the parents that the guy had committed suicide, then they said that he had been shot dead.

As part of the visit of Uzbekistan delegation to Singapore, the Minister of Investments, Industry and Trade Laziz Qudratov held talks with Singapore’s Minister of Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong.

Kazakhstan on over one and a half million holds top spot in terms of tourists who visited Uzbekistan in 2022. According to the Statistics Agency, 5.2 million foreign citizens visited Uzbekistan for tourism purposes in January-December 2022.

Acting Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov hosted the Ambassador of Kazakhstan Beybut Atamkulov. The parties underscored that Uzbek-Kazakh ties of good neighborliness, strategic partnership and alliance were steadily developing and exchanged opinions on improving the process of implementation of high-level agreements.

U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan Jonathan Henick presented 225 FLIR thermal monoculars to the Border Troops of the State Security Service of the Republic of Uzbekistan. 

Former vice president of Gazprombank, Igor Volobuev, left Russia after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Igor Volobuev believes that the war between Russia and Ukraine had been ongoing for 20 years and began with economic pressure. He told how the Kremlin and Gazprom discredited the Ukrainian authorities and tried to turn the country into a satellite state.

Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, as part of his state visit to Singapore, held talks with the President Halima Yakub and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the Uzbek president’s press service said.

President’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev met with the Russian Ambassador Oleg Malginov Monday, the Foreign Ministry said.