Uzbek specialists are scheduled to complete the Mazar-e-Sharif airport restoration project in early 2022, the special representative of the Uzbek President for Afghanistan, Ismatulla Irgashev told reporters.

After the summit talks, Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Moon Jae-in adopted a joint statement on deepening Special Strategic Partnership ties between the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Republic of Korea and. Digitalisation, green economy and the pursuit of strong social policies are defined as the three pillars of a special strategic partnership ties. Afterwards the two leaders oversaw a ceremony of signing bilateral documents.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is intending to use the logistics center in Termez to provide assistance to Afghanistan, the Fund's office in Tashkent said.

Ceremony of the official meeting of the President of Uzbekistan took place today at the Chong Wa Dae residence of the President of the Republic of Korea in Seoul.

Uzbek and South Korean officials are holding talks on the sidelines of the visit of the Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to South Korea.

The tenth meeting of the Council for Interprovincial and Cross-Border Cooperation of the CIS was held in a video call. The meeting was attended by representatives of Uzbekistan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Russia.

At the 16th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO, the art of bakhshi was included in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity as an element of the intangible cultural heritage of Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Tourism said.

On December 15, the President of Uzbekistan signed the constitutional State of Emergency Bill into Law. The document was published in Xalq Sozi newspaper today with immediate effect.

Monument to the poet and scholar Alisher Navoi was inaugurated in Seoul today ahead of the state visit of the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to the Republic of Korea.

Due to the enhancing of the Business Ombudsman’s authority in terms of protection of the rights of businesses, the plenary session of the Senate reviewed the Amendments to Articles 245 and 2458 of the Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Administrative Responsibility."

Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) donated 30 cutting-edge tuberculosis (TB) testing machines to the people of Uzbekistan. The equipment worth $381,000 was handed over by USAID Mission Director in Uzbekistan Mikaela Meredith to the Deputy Minister of Health Ulugbek Sabirov at the ceremony in the Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Phthisiology and Pulmonology. 

Uzbekistan has reopened access to the social network TikTok, internet users said. TikTok was blocked in July by the state inspection authority Uzkomnazorat for "violation of legal requirements in the processing of personal data of Uzbek citizens." Simultaneously were blockedTwitter, VKontakte and the Skype messenger.

Pakistani PIA Airlines will launch regular flights to Uzbekistan, this was discussed at a meeting held at the Ministry of Transport with the participation of officials of the Embassy of Pakistan in Uzbekistan and the senior executives of the PIA.

The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has accepted the invitation of the President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in and will pay a state visit to South Korea on December 16-18, the presidential press service said.

The draft Code of Ethics and Conduct for Civil Servants, developed by the Ministry of Justice, has been posted for public input, Norma.uz reported.

The Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan has published the text of the joint statement of Uzbekistan and the United States following the inaugural meeting of the Strategic Partnership Dialogue.

Uzbekistan Post yesterday announced a rebrand and a number of changes and improvements in the work of the mail service.At a presentation in Tashkent, the new brand name - UzPost and the slogan - "The Power of New Opportunities" were showcased. 

On December 14, the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov hosted the Russian diplomats led by Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev at a meeting on December 14 proposed to introduce Tax Free - the VAT refund to foreign citizens for purchased goods when leaving Uzbekistan in Tashkent, Samarkand and Bukhara, the presidential spokesman Sherzod Asadov said.

Uzbekistan ranked 82nd in the pandemics preparedness index released by the U.S.-based the Nuclear Threat Initiative and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, with research by Economist Impact, measured the capacities of 195 countries to prepare for epidemics and pandemics.