In Tashkent on Wednesday, on the eve of the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, memorandums were signed on granting Egypt and Qatar the status of dialogue partners in the SCO. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Embassy of Uzbekistan in Kyiv sent an official note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, according to the website of the diplomatic mission.

The Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade (MIFT) proposed to scrap the quantitative norm for duty-free importation of a number of items imported by individuals through road (pedestrian), railway and river border checkpoints.

The British international publisher Dorling Kindersley, which specializes in publishing illustrated guides and encyclopedias, has released a Better Go Here guide, dedicated to vibrant tourist destinations offered as alternatives to popular places to visit.

Author's article by the Chairman of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping ahead of his state visit to Uzbekistan. “This land is suitable for growing cereals and will give birth to flowers and fruits in abundance.” More than 1300 years ago, the great scholar-monk Xuan Zang of the Tang Dynasty in his travel notes gave a sketch of a prosperous Samarkand. At the invitation of President Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoyev, I will again come to the beautiful city of Samarkand to outline a plan for Chinese-Uzbek cooperation with my colleague and participate in the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

Six countries, including four Arab countries, will receive the status of dialogue partners in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization at the SCO Samarkand Summit. This was stated by the national coordinator of the SCO from Uzbekistan Rakhmatulla Nurimbetov.

The agreement on good neighborliness, friendship and cooperation between the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization for 2023-2027 will be signed at the SCO summit in Samarkand. This was announced by the President Mirziyoyev’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov at a briefing today on September 12.

Deputy PM/Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade Jamshid Khojaev met with the visiting Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Botir Atdaev.

The delegation of the Ministry of Innovative Development paid a visit to the United Arab Emirates, Dunyo agency said. Reportedly, executives of the UAE Innovation Center were invited to Innoweek.uz - 2022 innovation week, which will be held in October this year. Bilateral cooperation agreements are expected to be signed within this week.

On September 8, the State Committee for Family and Women, the governor office of Surkhandarya province, the European Union (EU) and UNICEF launched a program to expand access to inclusive education, social services and legal assistance in Surkhandarya.

President’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov briefed about the work schedule of the head of state Shavkat Mirziyoyev this week. He noted tha the 22nd SCO Summit in Samarkand on September 15-16 was the most important political event not only of the week, but of the whole year.

MPs of the Legislative Chamber approved the candidacy of Vladimir Norov for the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs, the press service of the Chamber said.

Remarks by the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev before the "The SCO Samarkand Summit: Dialogue and Cooperation in an Interconnected World".

On September 7, 2022 Ambassador of Romania to the Republic of Uzbekistan H.E. Mr. Daniel Cristian Ciobanu participated in Termez city at the handover ceremony of medical equipment for the benefit of children for the Multifunctional Medical Center in Surkhandarya region, purchased on the basis of Romania's voluntary contribution in the amount of 40,000 euros to UNICEF (from official development assistance funds).

Stories have been published in foreign media outlets In recent days that the SCO was China's and Russia's response to NATO, the SCO National Coordinator of Uzbekistan Rakhmatulla Nurimbetov said noting that there were no issues related to the global geopolitical crisis on the agenda of the summit, there will be no appeals or statements over the countries that are not members of the Organization.

The signing ceremony of deals for large investments by Mubadala and TAQA (UAE) for Talimarjan thermal power plant was held today in Tashkent, the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade (MIFT) said.

On September 7, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba gave an interview via conference call to Central Asian media outlets.

The delegation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan, headed by Minister Pulat Bobozhonov, attended the regular meeting of the Council of Ministers of Internal Affairs of the CIS member states, which was held on September 8 in Cholpan-Ata (Kyrgyzstan), the press service of the ministry reported.

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history, has died aged 96, drawing to a close the country’s second Elizabethan era, and heralding the reign of her son, King Charles III.

The United Nations General Assembly has designated October 13th as the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction to promote a global culture of disaster risk reduction. It is an opportunity to acknowledge the progress being made toward reducing disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods, and health in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 adopted at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan in March 2015.