Friday, 20, September, 2024

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Uzbekistan self-employed will be able to provide taxi services from September 1 of this year through the end of 2024. This is stated in the relevant resolution of the head of state.

Due to shortage of certain brands of household appliances, Russian retailers began to expand their assortment at the expense of manufacturers from Uzbekistan, Turkey and China.

At the July 6 government meeting, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev expressed condolences to the families of people who died during the unrest on July 1 and 2 in Nukus. He also wished a swift recovery to the injured, Presidential spokesman Sherzod Asadov said.

On July 6, a delegation of Uzbekistan headed by Special Representative of the President Abdulaziz Kamilov, who is in the United States on a working visit, met with UN Secretary General António Guterres.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev noted that there were various destructive external forces that were not interested in the consistent and stable development of Uzbekistan.

Taliban are looking for those who fired rockets at Termiz city, Nigoh channel close to the government reported on Telegram. Reportedly those who organized the rocket attack aimed to create an atmosphere of mistrust between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.

On July 6, a ceremony of initialing the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (ECPA) between Uzbekistan and the European Union was held in Brussels.

At the first meeting of the Ministers of Agriculture of the member-states of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) in Tashkent, it was proposed to open a "green corridor" for food items between the Turkic states.

At 8:56 a.m. on July 6, the duty unit of the Tashkent City Police department received a message of a bomb threat of Zo‘r TV channel building in Yashnabad district by two unknown persons, the department reported.

Five rocket projectiles were reported to have been launched at about 4:20 p.m. on Tuesday onto the border area of ​​Uzbekistan from the territory of Afghanistan.

The Senate will convene for the twenty-eighth plenary session on July 8, the Senate said. Senators will consider the Consulting activities Bill, Protection of the population and territories from natural and man-made emergencies Bill and Amendments and additions to the Tax Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan Bill.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet today called for a prompt, independent and transparent investigation into the deaths of at least 18 people during clashes at protests in the Uzbek region of Karakalpakstan last Friday.

On July 5, Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the presidential press service said.

On July 5, US State Department Spokesman Ned Price made a statement on the events in Karakalpakstan that took place on July 1-2.

On July 4, the Acting Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov had a telephone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu today, the Foreign Ministry said.

On July 4, Deputy PM/Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Sardor Umurzakov hosted an Afghan government delegation led by Acting Minister of Industry and Trade Nuriddin Azizi.

On July 4, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted his adviser on economic development, good governance and international cooperation Suma Chakrabarti.

The next Central Asian Summit will be held on July 21 in Kyrgyzstan, in the city of Cholpon-ata on the shore of Issyk-Kul Lake. This was mentioned in a statement of the press service of the President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov following his telephone conversation with the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on July 4.

Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev spoke to the President of the European Council Charles Michel over the telephone, the presidential press service said.

The United States today donated 2 million doses of Pfizer vaccine to the people and government of Uzbekistan to continue Uzbekistan's fight against COVID-19. This batch is part of the 1.2 billion doses of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines that the US government has committed to donating to 115 countries through the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access (COVAX) facility.