On November 21, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan Aktam Khaitov.

Kazakh Deputy PM/Minister of Trade and Integration Serik Jumangarin announced the government’s plans to sell potatoes and carrots to Uzbekistan, and to buy them again in early spring, which is prompted by lack of storage facilities in Kazakhstan.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today met with French Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade, Economic Attractiveness and French Nationals Abroad, the Chair of the Uzbekistan-France Business Council, Olivier Becht at the Hôtel des Invalides in Paris.

Chair of Qozoa Naiman neighbourhood in Pastdargom district was relieved of his powers before deadline, the Samarkand province department for support of mahalla and older generation reported.

The visit of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to France is continuing. ​​President Mirziyoyev today visited the French Assembly, where he met with the chairperson Mrs. Yaël Braun-Pivet.

President’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev held talks with Special Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China for Afghanistan Yue Xiaoyun.

The Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan and the Rosatom fuel subsidiary, TVEL signed an agreement on cooperation in terms of decommissioning of nuclear facilities and on waste management, the representative office of Rosatom in Uzbekistan said.

On November 21, in Paris, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, as part of his official visit to France, met with the Director General of the French Development Agency (AFD) Remy Riou, the presidential press service said.

Earlier this year, construction of the first nearly-zero-energy house was completed in the Yoshlik mahalla of Nurafshan city in the Tashkent region. The building has been constructed within the framework of the joint Project of the UNDP and the Ministry of Construction of Uzbekistan: "Market Transformation for Sustainable Rural Housing in Uzbekistan'' implemented with grant support of the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev congratulated the president-elect of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev over the phone. Shavkat Mirziyoyev sincerely congratulated Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on the successful holding of the presidential elections and the landslide victory.

The EU must avoid creating new ‘dependencies’ and offer an alternative to partner countries as it reshapes its diplomatic approach after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the bloc’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell told EURACTIV.

A new thermal power plant was commissioned in Khavast district of Syrdarya province, the Ministry of Energy reported. 220 MW gas piston thermal power plant was erected by the Turkish company Cengiz Enerji. According to the ministry, the TPP began supplying energy to the power grid on November 20 at 10:00 (initially, the launch was planned from October 25).

A German investigation into Russian-Uzbek billionaire businessman Alisher Usmanov, who is accused of money-laundering and tax evasion, has strained diplomatic ties between Germany and Uzbekistan, Spiegel news magazine reported on Friday.

Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Vladimir Norov at a conference on the interconnectivity of the European Union and Central Asia: Global Gateway announced the areas in which Uzbekistan was ready to develop cooperation with the EU.

Samarkand is hosting the international Interconnectivity Conference of the European Union and Central Asia: Global Gateway for Sustainable Development.

The Liberal Democratic Party has taken the initiative to ease the restrictions on the use of the national flag. Party leader Aktam Khaitov said that on November 18, the Uzbek Flag Day, the expanded meeting of the party decide to form a working group to develop relevant amendments to the legislation.

On November 17, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Helga Schmid.

On November 17, Samarkand hosted a meeting of the foreign ministers of the countries of Central Asia and the European Union. The ministers discussed the ways to advance cooperation between the two regions in the political, diplomatic, trade, economic, investment, water and energy, environmental, social and cultural areas.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has accepted the invitation of the French President Emmanuel Macron, and will pay an official visit to France on November 21-22, the presidential press service said.

For the first time in many years, Tashkent Zoo got two panthers, the press service of the zoo said. Bagheera and Typhoon were brought in with the help of the zoo's management company, Wildlife Care.