The Council of the Senate at a meeting on May 25 approved a proposal on a phased contribution of funds from the national budget to compensate for damage to businesses of Syrdarya province caused by the breakthrough of Sardoba reservoir.

Today, the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit as the head of the Uzbek delegation, was received by the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

On May 25, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a government meeting on measures to improve the plant protection system, the presidential press service said.

During the visit of the Afghan government and business delegation to Uzbekistan in Termez on May 25, the Deputy PM/Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan Sardor Umrzakov held talks with the Chief of Staff of the President of Afghanistan Mohammad Shakir Korgar.

The Senate will convene for the fifteenth plenary session on May 28-29, the press service of the upper house of parliament said. This decision was made by the council of the Senate at a meeting on May 25.

The European Union is expecting the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, befroe the end of 2021 to sign the new bilateral Enhanced partnership and cooperation agreement, said the EU Special Representative for Central Asia Peter Burian at a meeting with reporters.

The Uzaeronavigatsiya Center has announced new fares for services to foreign airlines, Dunyo reported. The President’s Measures to transform and support civil aviation enterprises Decree of April 30, 2021 has allowed the Uzaeronavigatsiya Center to set prices for services (exports) to foreign airlines in foreign currency.

On May 24, the Deputy PM/Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade S. Umurzakov hosted the Special Representative of the European Union for Central Asia Peter Burian, the ministry reported.

The President approved the agreement between the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Government of the Russian Federation on information cooperation and exchange of information in electronic form on matters within the competence of law enforcement agencies.

From June 15, Uzbekistan Airways will resume flights from Moscow's Domodedovo airport, the company said. From this date, flights to Vnukovo airport will not be operated.

Uzbekistan has opened an honorary consulate in the Turkish city of Antalya. Barış Gökçe was appointed Honorary Consul of the country. On May 23, he was handed consular exequatur and accreditation cards, Dunyo reported.

On May 30, the President Mirziyoyev will address the second international summit "Partnership for Green Growth and Global Goals - 2030", which will be held online from Seoul, announced the Presidential spokesman Sherzod Asadov.

On May 24, the Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov hosted the newly appointed the Romanian Ambassador, Daniel Christian Ciobanu, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The President's Spokesman Sherzod Asadov provided information on state support for bone marrow transplantation. He briefed the media on the events with the participation of the head of state planned for the week. At the end of the event, he took questions from journalists.

On May 24-28, experts from the OSCE ODIHR Needs Assessment Mission are expected to visit Uzbekistan due to the upcoming presidential elections in October 2021.

On May 19, a resolution in support of Uzbekistan's independence and sovereignty was submitted to the US House of Representatives for reviewing.

Meetings with officials of the UAE aviation authorities was held at the Ministry of Transport on May 19-20 this year. The sides discussed the ways to expand bilateral cooperation in the field of civil aviation, increasing the number of flights, launching new destinations.

Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) kicked off a two-day conference “Collaboration Between Government and Civil Society in Legal Reforms”.

The Ministry of Justice has developed a draft concept for a single e-platform for CIS for exchange of legal information, said Minister Ruslanbek Davletov, speaking on May 19 at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum, the Ministry of Justice said.

The Ministry of Justice aims to learn from the experience of Russian experts in applying the principle of regulatory guillotine, and in expert check and systematization of regulations, the Ministry of Justice said.