Yesterday in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, the United States, Afghanistan and Pakistan decided to create a new quadripartite consultation platform to support the Afghan peace process and post-conflict settlement, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

The inauguration ceremony of the International Central Asia Institute took place in Tashkent Thursday, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

The Ministry of Health reported of 493 people being diagnosed with coronavirus and 367 with pneumonia in Uzbekistan yesterday. "As of July 14, 2021, the number of registered coronavirus infections in Uzbekistan stands at 117,902 (+493)," the report said.

The joint expert group from among the experts of the Institute for Forecasting and Macroeconomic Research and Uzbekiston Railways assessed the importance of the International Conference: "Central and South Asia: regional interconnectivity. Challenges and Opportunities”, which will be held on July 15-16, 2021 in Tashkent.

The Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan and the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani today landed in Tashkent to attend the conference “Central and South Asia: Regional Interconnectivity. Threats and Opportunities”, Dunyo reported.

Today, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, the Homeland Security Adviser to the U.S. President Joe Biden, attended the next of the Central Asia-USA format meeting (C5+1) in Tashkent.

Today, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the visiting member of the State Council/ Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China Wang Yi, the presidential press service said.

In August and September, the military units of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan will hold a series of joint drills with their Russian counterparts on the border with Afghanistan.

The Central Asia-USA (C5+1) format is a unique model for the development of cooperation in the region, said the Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov at a regular of the C5+1format meeting today in Tashkent.

Another batch of 90,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine was delivered to Uzbekistan from Russia, the Ministry of Health said. The delivery included 70 thousand doses of the first component and 20 thousand doses of the second component of the jab.

Uzbekistan will receive 4.82 million doses of vaccines in the coming months, the MP of the Legislative Chamber Doniyor Ganiev said.

On July 13, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev got acquainted with a presentation on new digital technologies, the presidential press service said in a statement.

Today, the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu landed in Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports said.

The United States is sending a high-level delegation to attend the conference “Central and South Asia: Regional Connectivity. Challenges and Opportunities” in Tashkent on July 15-16.

The Ministry of Health reported of 491 people being diagnosed with coronavirus and over 300 with pneumonia in Uzbekistan yesterday. "As of July 13, 2021, the number of registered coronavirus infections in Uzbekistan stands at 117,409 (+491)," the report said.

The Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov met with the Foreign Ministers of Pakistan, Afghanistan and India in Dushanbe.

Mudslide descended to Kasansay district of Namangan province due to heavy rains in Jalal-Abad province of Kyrgyzstan on July 13 at about 13:30, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said.

The Tashkent Metro is buying 10 Russian sets of rail cars total worth of 63.3 million euros, as stated in the project feasibility study (FS), approved by the government decree of July 12 (PKM # 435).

Eid al-Ahda will be celebrated in Uzbekistan on July 20. While May 21-22 were also announced as non-business days, according to the Presidential decree which set non-working days for 2021.

On July 13-14, a government delegation led by the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will visit Tajikistan to attend the next meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states in Dushanbe, the Foreign Ministry said.