Evacuating the Uzbek embassy in Kyiv is not being considered, the Foreign Ministry spokesman Yusup Kabulzhanov said on Wednesday.

On March 2, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the UN Under-Secretary-General/Head of the Counter-Terrorism Department Vladimir Voronkov, who arrived in the country to attend the Tashkent International Conference on the UN Global Anti-Terrorism Strategy, the presidential press service said.

Termez Province Railway Junction of Uzbekistan Railways received the delivery of freight and passenger locomotive from China on Wednesday.

The Telegram channel of the Ministry of Justice: Legal Information recalled that the recruitment of citizens of Uzbekistan to serve in foreign paramilitary and law enforcement agencies will entail criminal liability.

On March 2, Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov hosted the UN Under-Secretary-General - Head of the UN Counter-Terrorism Office Vladimir Voronkov, who arrived in Uzbekistan to attend the high-level international conference "Regional cooperation between the states of Central Asia within the framework of a joint action plan for implementation of the UN global counter-terrorism strategy ”, to be held on March 3-4 in Tashkent, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Uzbekistan today received the delivery of special syringes and boxes for their safe disposal worth $669,000 as part of the global COVAX mechanism, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

An estimated two million children have been taken out of child labour and half a million adults out of forced labour since the reform process of the Uzbekistan’s cotton sector began seven years ago.

Uzbekistan and India will soon hold joint military drill. While, the Indian authorities offered the Uzbek authorities a soft credit line for purchase of defense equipment.

95 coronavirus cases were officially confirmed in Uzbekistan on March 1, the Ministry of Health said. 57 cases were detected in Tashkent city, 13 cases were confirmed in Tashkent province.

From September 1, 2022, the government will pay maternity benefits to women in Uzbekistan working in the private sector, announced President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on March 1 at a conference call meeting.

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Uzbekistan and other Central Asian states’ membership of the United Nations, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, commends their progress towards eradicating statelessness. In 2021, over 46,000 stateless persons acquired a nationality in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan or Uzbekistan.

With funding from USAID, three large Uzbekistani horticulture exporters and the Export Promotion Agency of Uzbekistan attended the annual World Ag Expo in Tulare, California from February 8-10, 2022.  This was the first time any Uzbekistani fruit exporter had attended the event.

The Legislative Chamber at a meeting on March 1 approved the candidacies of the new Minister for Emergency Situations and the Minister for Support of the Mahalla and Family, Nigoh Telegram channel, close to the Presidential Administration, reported.

On March 1, at 9:15 a.m., a second special Uzbekistan Airways plane arrived in Tashkent from the Polish city of Katowice with 258 Uzbeks evacuated from Ukraine, announced the official representative of the Uzbek Foreign Ministry Yusup Kabulzhanov. The first flight arrived late on the evening of 28 February.

96 coronavirus cases were officially confirmed in Uzbekistan on February 28, the Ministry of Health said. 49 cases were detected in Tashkent city, 20 cases were confirmed in Tashkent province.

The Minister of Health Behzod Musaev and the country head of the UNICEF office Munir Mammadzade signed a road map for 2022-2025, the Ministry of Health said in a statement.

The draft Tax Consulting Bill of the Republic of Uzbekistan was submitted for discussion. The purpose of the draft is to form an institution of tax consultants that defines the basic rules of self-government in the field of tax consulting and works effectively, regulates relations in the field of tax consulting, and provides taxpayers with qualified tax advice.

On Monday, with the movement of moist air mass from Caucasus into Uzbekistan, it will rain in places, snow will fall in the mountainous areas, and there will be no precipitation only in provinces of Ferghana Valley. In some places, wind intensification up to 15−20 m/s is possible. The air temperature will be within +13…+18 degrees Celsius, Uzhydromet reported.

106 coronavirus cases were officially confirmed in Uzbekistan on February 27, the Ministry of Health said. 38 cases were detected in Tashkent city, 23 cases were confirmed in Tashkent province.

On February 27, the Deputy PM/ Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Sardor Umrzakov held a conference call with the Minister of Investment of Saudi Arabia Khalid al-Falih.