The number of fully vaccinated people against coronavirus in Uzbekistan surpassed 2.5 million, the Ministry of Health said. This is at 11.87% of the total number of people over 18 to be vaccinated - 21.45 million people.

The forced imposition of own religious views on others is prohibited in Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Justice said in a statement on Tuesday.

Uzbekistan welcomes the creation of an interim government in Afghanistan, stated the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yusup Kabuljanov in a statement.

The Ministry of Energy announced the launch of call for bids for the construction of three PV plants with a total capacity of 500 MW in three provinces of the country. The project is being implemented with the support of the International Finance Corporation (IFC, part of the World Bank).

The pressures on water resources in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan is critical. In particular, Uzbekistan uses 169% of its water reserves, and Turkmenistan - 144%. This was reported by experts from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO.

Uzbekistan has suspended issuing electronic visas since September 6, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday. The reason is the maintenance work on the E-visa.gov.uz system. The date of their completion has not been specified.

Warsaw will provide Tashkent with 250,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses, the Polish daily “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna” (DGP) wrote on Monday. In August, Uzbeks allowed Polish military planes into their airspace during the evacuation of Poland’s collaborators from Afghanistan.

The number of voters who are to take part in the upcoming presidential elections has surpassed 21.2 million, announced the chairman of the Central Election Commission Zainiddin Nizamhodzhaev at an international conference in Tashkent on September 6.

Military and air defense units of the South-Western Special Military District are conducting training sessions at the Termez field training ground in the Surkhandarya province, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The Ministry of Health reported of a daily 597 people diagnosed with coronavirus in Uzbekistan yesterday.  "As of September 6, 2021, the number of registered coronavirus infections in Uzbekistan stands at 161,108 (+597)," the report said.

On September 6, the Deputy PM/Minister of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Jamshid Kuchkarov met with Asian Development Bank Vice President for Private Sector and Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Asoka Lavasa, the Ministry said.

On September 6, the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held a working government meeting on the digital system with the participation of the Turkmen Deputy PM.

A member of the anti-coronavirus headquarters, Sevara Ubaidullaeva, at a briefing on Monday, commented on messages on social networks about cases of death or deterioration in health after being vaccinated against coronavirus.

On September 6, the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov held a telephone conversation with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom, Dominic Raab.

On September 06, 2021, the Association of European Businesses (AEB) represented by Johan Vanderplaetse, AEB Chairman of the Board, and the Europe-Uzbekistan Association for Economic Cooperation (EUROUZ), represented by Oybek Shaykhov, EUROUZ Secretary-General, signed the Memorandum of Cooperation, within the framework of the First hybrid-format EU-Uzbekistan Business Round table at the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Belgium.

A graffiti belonging to the local graffiti artist Inkuzart (Abdurahmon) on the monopoly in the Uzbek car market appeared in Tashkent.

The Vll International Army International Games (ArIG) wrapped up on Sunday. The national teams of Uzbekistan, having taken part in 24 contests of the ArIG, won 4 gold, 9 silver and 4 bronze medals and took second place in the team contest after the organizer in the contest, Russia, the press service of the Ministry of Defense reported.

Online talks, initiated by Pakistan, were held on September 5 between the special representatives of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Iran and China on Afghanistan the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

The Minister of Energy Alisher Sultanov met with the Chairman of the Board of ACWA Power (Saudi Arabia) Mohammad Abdullah Abunayyan  In Tashkent, the Ministry said.

The Deputy PM/Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade Sardor Umurzakov hosted the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi di Maio and discussed the ways to further step up and expand cooperation between the two countries.