As of July 19, 2020 at 11:30 pm, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Uzbekistan has reached 17,314, the Ministry of Health said.

As reported earlier, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó visited Tashkent on July 16, and held talks with Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment Minister Sardor Umurzakov, Energy Minister Alisher Sultanov and other members of the Uzbek government.

Additional water intake from the reservoir of Tajikistan will be carried out for irrigation of lands in three provinces of Uzbekistan.

Medical facilities in Tashkent are being equipped with ambulances based on Uzavtosanoat’s Volkswagen Caddy, Isuzu D-Max and Chevrolet Damas, the company said in a statement.

Uzbekistan and Russia are preparing for signing about 20 draft intergovernmental accords. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko told TASS Thursday.

On July 16, Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov hosted the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

The unstable situation in foreign markets due to the coronavirus pandemic has been affecting the export of natural gas from Uzbekistan. This was discussed at a meeting chaired by the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Thursday, the Uzbekistan 24 reported.

The Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers undertook an official visit to Uzbekistan from 19 to 25 September 2019. The purpose of the visit was to assess the ongoing reform of the justice system initiated under the leadership of President Mirziyoyev

The CIS countries are preparing a joint statement by the heads of state on cooperation in the field of international cyber security, the Uzbekistan Foreign Ministry said.

As of July 1, the resident population of Uzbekistan stands at 34.19 million people, the State Statistics Committee said in a report.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Uzbekistan reached 14,581, having increased by 496 last day (494 a day earlier), the Ministry of Health said.

On July 16, the Uzbek Foreign Minister of Abdulaziz Kamilov will attend the maiden China-Central Asia ministerial meeting in a video conference format, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The area of ​​forest plantations on the dry bottom of the Aral Sea during the winter-spring period increased to 1.2 million hectares, the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade (MIFT) said.

Akmal Burkhanov has been appointed Director of the Anti-Corruption Agency, a source in the government told the Tashkent Times.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Uzbekistan surpassed 14 thousand (14,085), the Ministry of Health said. 494 new cases were detected (594 a day earlier) on July 14, including 303 in quarantine facilities and 191 among the population.

The former President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Suma Chakrabarti was awarded the Dustlik (transl. Friendship) Order. The decree on this was signed by the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

Uzbekistan slipped by 6 places to the 87th among 193 states in the latest E-Government Development Survey 2020 laaunched on July 10.

On July 15-17, Hungarian delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó will visit Uzbekistan, the Uzbekistan Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Since the beginning of global spread of the pandemic, Member and Observer States of the Turkic Council have established a close cooperation in fight against pandemic.

Uzbekneftegaz will set up charging stations for electric vehicles in Tashkent next year, the presidential decree noted.