On May 17, Tashkent hosted the seventh round of political consultations between the Affairs Ministries of Uzbekistan and Israel. According to the Uzbek Foreign Ministry, the two delegations were headed by Deputy Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Furkat Sidikov and Deputy Director General, Head of the Department of Eurasia and the Western Balkans of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel Gary Koren.

On May 18, the Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov hosted the visiting president of Bashkortostan (a subject of the Russian federation) Radiy Khabirov.

On May 17, Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a conference call government meeting on increasing the volume of trading on the commodity exchange and expanding the participation of local enterprises.

As a continuation of our long-standing collaboration with the Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade on the WTO accession process of Uzbekistan, UNDP in Uzbekistan delivered a training on increasing the negotiation capacity of the Negotiation Group on the accession of Uzbekistan to the WTO. The workshop was attended by over 30 representatives of government officials from various ministries and agencies. As a result of this activity, the participants were able to develop their skills and understanding on holding bilateral and multilateral negotiations as a part of the WTO accession process.

Uzbekistan figure skating championship will kick off today, May 18, the Tashkent's Humo Arena ice palace. According to the National Olympic Committee, athletes from various provinces will attend the championship.

On May 18-22, a delegation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia led by the Deputy Foreign Minister Kamarudin Jaffar will visit Uzbekistan, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

The Almaty to Tashkent high-speed train service on Tulpar-Talgo was resumed as of May 16, 2022. According to the Uzbekistan Ministry of Transport, the train, which for the first time after a two and a half year hiatus left for to Uzbekistan, arrived at the Central Railway Station of Tashkent at 11:05 yesterday.

On May 17, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

On May 19-25, 2022 in London with British press and audiences from all over Eurasia, three films by directors from Uzbekistan will be released in order to promote national culture in the English-speaking space.

Uzbek pecialists are completing the reconstruction of the Afghanistan’s Mazar-e-Sharif airport, said Daniyar Kurbanov, Director of the Information and Analytical Center for International Relations under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan, speaking at the II Central Asian Conference of the Valdai International Discussion Club, TASS reported.

Russian president Vladimir Putin proposed to grant observer status to the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). He voiced this proposal at the 20th anniversary CSTO summit, the Kremlin press service reported.

The Agency for Space Research and Technology under the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan (UzbekCosmos) signed a memorandum of understanding and cooperation with the UK company OneWeb, the agency announced this on Monday.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev hosted the speaker of the Legislative Chamber of the Uzbek Parliament Nurdinjon Ismoilov, the presidential press service said.

Corruption risks in the activities of governor’s , mayor’s offices, ministries and departments, as well as enterprises with a state stake of more than 50% will be identified and assessed as part of the E-Anti-Corruption digital project. Risk data will be maintained on the interdepartmental platform E-Anticor.uz. This is stipulated by the President’s May 11 decree.

The Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (UzLiDeP) and the Milliy Tiklanish Democratic Party will hold a joint meeting in the Legislative Chamber to discuss the launch of the process of amending and supplementing the Constitution. The issue was discussed at the meetings of the parties on Monday.

Today, May 15, the President of Uzbekistan landed in the United Arab Emirates, the presidential press service said in a statement.

On May 13, 2022, the State Committee for Ecology and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Uzbekistan jointly with the United Nations Development Programme held the fourth (final) national consultation in preparation for the international meeting ‘Stockholm+50: a healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility, our opportunity’.

As of April 1, 2022, Tashkent city's population stands at 2.879 million, the Tashkent mayor’s office said. Reportedly, year-to-date, the population increased by 17.4 thousand people, or 0.6%. Among Tashkent residents, there were 1,411,800 men and 1,468,000 women.

On May 12, an accident involving a passenger bus occurred in the Zhambyl region, an official representative of the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said. There were 53 passengers, including 47 Uzbekistan nationals in the bus, which was heading to Almaty.

Tashkent to host a high-level international conference on Afghanistan at the end of July, announced the interim Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Vladimir Norov on May 13 at the CIS Foreign Ministers Council meeting in Dushanbe.