The Special Rapporteur of the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Ahmed Shaheed may visit Uzbekistan again in early 2020, the Foreign Ministry said.

The Chinese President, Xi Jinping will visit Uzbekistan next year. This became known following the talks between the governments delegations of the two countries in Tashkent on the margins of the SCO Heads of Governments Council meeting.

In 2020, over 1 trillion soums, or US$ 108.2 million is planned to be contributed for science from the state budget, which is by US$ 287 billion soums (US$ 30.2 million)more than in 2019. This was stipulated in the draft 2020 Citizens Budget.

The Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries adopted the new Multilateral Trade and Economic Cooperation Program until 2035 on Saturday.

The Uzbekistan unemployment rate topped 9.1% in the first year-half, while the unemployment among women was at 13%. That is, 53% of the unemployed are women, Fazliddin Mamarasulov, head of department at the Ministry of Employment and Labor, announced at the forum: The Role of Central Asian Women in Addressing Social Issues in the 21st Century in Samarkand.

The Russian government is ready to consider the provision of an export loan for Uzbekistan nuclear power plant project to be built by Rosatom, the First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Russian Government, Prikhodko said today at a press briefing dedicated to the SCO Heads of Government Council meeting.

The Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, Li Keqiang arrived in Uzbekistan on an official visit. At the Islam Karimov International Airport he was welcomed by the Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today hosted the Russia’s Security Council Secretary, Nikolai Patrushev, who is on a working visit in our country.

The UK company Lapwing Advisers will invest US$ 300 million for creation of data storage and processing center in Uzbekistan, the Foreign Ministry said.

Policing Coordination Departments in 9 out of 11 districts of Tashkent city received the delivery of bus-based mobile center, the Tashkent city police department said.

The meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will be held November 1–2 in Tashkent.

Uzbekistan and the United Kingdom signed a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) on Thursday in Tashkent, which will ensure the continuity of bilateral relations if the UK ceases to participate in the PCA between Uzbekistan and the European Union due to the possible Brexit without a deal, the UK Embassy to Uzbekistan said.

On November 1-2, 2019, the Chinese government delegation led by the Prime Minister Li Keqiang will travel to Uzbekistan.

On October 30 was held the sixth round of Uzbek-Swiss political consultations between Foreign Ministries. The Uzbekistan delegation was led by Deputy Foreign Minister, Dilshod Akhatov, and the Swiss delegation was headed by Deputy State Secretary of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Krystyna Marty Lang.

The Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev will pay an official visit to Uzbekistan. Nikolai Patrushev will visit Tashkent on October 31 and attend the consultations between the security councils offices.

Uzbekistan is undergoing an unprecedented economic transformation. In the last three years, this nation of 33 million—the largest in Central Asia—has opened up and embraced a free market economy after 25 years of centrally-planned economic management. The Uzbek government has rapidly embraced vital reforms critical to its future development such as liberalizing trade and the currency regime. These are welcome advancements that will establish a foundation for future growth and development.

On October 29, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Science and Scientific Activities Bill into Law. The document was passed by the Legislative Chamber on July 22 and was approved by the Senate on October 11.

Officers of the Prosecutor General’s Office and the State Security Service arrested in an operation an employee of the Altiaryk district branch of the Land Management and Real Estate Cadastre, E. M. and “other" persons who were extorting bribes  in Ferghana province, the General Prosecutor’s office said.

When Webster University Uzbekistan holds a grand opening ceremony on November 1, it will have the largest enrollment out of any international operation in Webster’s network. With nearly 500 students enrolled, Uzbekistan has surpassed the size of Webster’s student populations in Thailand, China, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Greece, Austria and Ghana. Only Webster St. Louis, which includes its primary Webster Groves campus, has more students.

The deputy mayor of the Kashkadarya’s Shakhrisabz district and an employee of the mayor’s office were caught taking US$ 100 in a bribe from a businessman on Tuesday, the Prosecutor General’s Office said.