On August 31, 1991 at the extraordinary session of the Supreme Council was adopted the Declaration of the State Independence of the Republic of Uzbekistan Resolution in Tashkent. By the same Resolution, September 1 was declared Independence Day, as well as a day off.

Share of Uzbek oil in the total refining at the Fergana Oil Refinery (FOR) has been brought up to almost 90 percent. This increase was possible thanks to an increase in the oil production by Sanoat Energetika Guruhi (SEG), which owns 103 fields in Uzbekistan since the end of 2019.

Ceremony of handing over Romanian books will be held on September 6, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. in the lobby of the National Library of Uzbekistan named after Alisher Navoi.

On August 31, Shavkat Mirziyoyev congratulated the Uzbek people on Independence Day and told how the New Uzbekistan would look. Shavkat Mirziyoyev added that "the new Constitution, the main author and creator of which is the people, will serve as a solid legal basis to this end."

Deputy PM/Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade Jamshid Khodjaev met with the Russian Deputy PM Alexei Overchuk in Moscow last Thursday.

In early September, the U.S. Treasury Department included Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and a number of other states in the list of countries through which goods, the import of which is limited by sanctions, could be reaching Russia and Belarus.

Uzbekistan sent humanitarian aid to Pakistan, where population suffered from severe floods caused by unprecedented monsoon rains, Dunyo news agency reported.

Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, the presidential press service said.

The Syrdarya river is one of the largest water arteries of Uzbekistan that flows into the Aral Sea. The Ferghana Valley is located within the Syrdarya river basin. According to scholars, there are more than one hundred (100) small rivers in the Ferghana Valley, which are tributaries of the Syrdarya. Many of them are transboundary since they are originating in the neighboring countries of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. In the longer term, shifting precipitation patterns, increasing temperatures and dry spells are predicted to lead to water stress in the region.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) handed over 33 high-quality, internationally-sourced English as a Foreign Language (EFL) textbooks and teacher’s guides to the Ministry of Public Education for use during the 2022-2023 academic year. The Ministry of Public Education printed the new textbooks for over 6.5 million students, ensuring that all pupils have access to high-quality learning materials and that all of Uzbekistan’s EFL teachers have high-quality teacher’s guides to support instruction.

On August 30, the President’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev met with the U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Uzbekistan Daniel Rosenblum, who is ending his posting to Uzbekistan.

Deputy PM Jamshid Khojaev discussed investment cooperation with the UAE‘s Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Suhail Muhammad al-Mazrui via conference call.

On the morning of August 31, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the alley "Shahidlar hotirasi" (Memory of Martyrs) in Tashkent. According to the presidential press service, at the event held here, surahs from the Koran and prayers in memory of the departed were read, then a memorial pilaf was served.

Today, on August 31, the president Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended the ceremony of honoring the memory of victims of repressions in Shahidlar Hotirasi (the Memory of Martyrs) alley.

On Tuesday morning, Uzbek immigration authorities denied entry to CPJ Europe and Central Asia Program Coordinator Gulnoza Said, stating that the immigration system showed that she was not allowed to enter the country.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenka, the presidential press service said.

Forty women and girls successfully completed a new round of the U.S. Embassy’s Self-Defense Camp in Tashkent and received their well-deserved award certificates, along with trophies from Krystin Borgognone, Deputy Director of Programs at the U.S Secretary of State’s Office of Global Women’s Issues.  

The General Prosecutor's Office has decided to release 24 people detained during the events of July 1-2 in Karakalpakstan autonomy under the guarantee of the public, the press service of the Ombudsman said.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Monday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, by his decree, awarded 12 foreign citizens with Dustlik Order (Friendship) on the occasion of the 31st anniversary of Uzbekistan’s independence.