President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed resolution prohibiting the initiation of questioning and cancellation of the results denationalization and privatization in Uzbekistan.

On November 20, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the IT Tech Park in Tashkent’s Mirzo-Ulugbek district, the presidential press service said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Measures to Improve Organization and Exploration for Oil and Gas Decree handing over a number of Uzbekneftegaz’s functions to the State Committee on Geology and Mineral Resources.

The President Mirziyoyev approved the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Government of the Republic of Korea on Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments, signed by the leaders of the two countries during the official visit of South Korean President Moon Jae-in to Uzbekistan on April 19, 2019 in Tashkent.

The President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov will pay a working visit to Uzbekistan in late November, the Russian Embassy in Uzbekistan said in a statement.

Mansion belonging to the former Prosecutor General, Rashid Qodirov has been put up for sale on E-ijro auction platform. The starting price of the lot is 10,007,940,000 soums, or over US$ 1 million.

Temperatures across Uzbekistan will be tumbling to the single digits on November 21-24, with cold and humid air flows coming from central the regions of Russia and occasional showers expected across Uzbekistan, Uzhydromet said.

On November 16 was held a telephone conversation between President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sooronbay Jeenbekov, the Uzbek presidency press service said.

The Senate’s Committee Chairman Alisher Kurmanov, as part of his working trip to Germany, met with the Vice President German Bundestag, Hans-Peter Friedrich, the Senate said in a statement.

The Director of the State Assets Management Agency, Sunatulla Bekenov hosted the International Expert of the United Nations Djeko Savic.

Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice-President Mr. Shixin Chen today delivered the keynote address at an international conference in Tashkent on the role of capital markets in accelerating Uzbekistan’s economic development. He highlighted how properly functioning capital markets can bolster private sector financing, help to deliver new infrastructure, and act as a buffer against economic shocks. 

On November 13, 2019, in Paris, the Deputy Foreign Minister Dilshod Akhatov met with the Secretary General of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, François Delatre.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev yesterday hosted the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Kunio Mikuriya, who arrived in Uzbekistan to attend the Ministerial Conference of the Central Asian Regional Economic Cooperation, the presidential press service said.

Prosecutor General of Uzbekistan, Nigmatilla Yuldashev hosted a delegation led by the Chief Military Prosecutor of the Russian Federation, Valery Petrov.

Tashkent will host the meeting of Central Asian foreign ministers on November 15, the Foreign Ministry said. The Foreign Ministers of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan will review the preparations for the upcoming second Consultative Meeting of the Heads of Central Asian States in Tashkent. 

Uzbekistan’s recent opening up for foreign investment will spur a “healthy rivalry” in Central Asia, potentially boosting the economy of neighboring Kazakhstan, the International Monetary Fund said.

European-Uzbekistan Economic Cooperation Association (EUROUZ) opened in Brussels on Tuesday. According to the Association, the event was attended by Uzbekistan delegation headed by the Foreign Minister, Abdulaziz Kamilov and First Deputy Chairman of the Senate, Sodiq Safoev with senior executives of Shell, British Petroleum, Knorr-Bremse A.G. Representatives of several European companies such as McDermott, Picanol, TechnipFMC, APCO Worldwide, chambers of commerce and associations established between Uzbekistan and some EU countries ant others.

The State Customs Committee (SCC) of Uzbekistan proposed to Turkish colleagues to speed up the preparation of an intergovernmental treaty on creation of a simplified customs corridor, the SCC said.

The Foreign Ministry announced readiness to hold the next high-level European Union-Central Asia dialogue in Tashkent on political and security issues in 2020, the ministry said. This year, a meeting of this format was held in May in Brussels.

The second consultative meeting of the heads of Central Asian states is scheduled for November 27 and will be held in Tashkent, the first president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev said today.