Uzbekistan delegation led by PM Abdulla Aripov will attend the next meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of Government in Astana on November 2, the Foreign Ministry said.

Uzbekistan ranks in the bottom of the English proficiency survey, showing the key competitive weaknesses of the Uzbek economy.

Four children of one family living in Tashkent’s Chilanzar district died from food poisoning. According to the Ministry of Health, on Tuesday evening, Umida Khaitova, 42, brought home 5 skewers of kebab, seasoned with raw onion and vinegar. She served the meal for herself and her children Aziza, 22, Ezoza, 17, Iroda, 15 and Farrukh, 6.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will visit the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, where he si scheduled to hold talks with the Prime Minister Imran Khan, Foreign Minister Mehmood Qureshi and Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan of the Armed Forces, General Qamar Bajwa in Islamabad, the Foreign Ministry said.

Uzbek Foreign Ministry hosted the fifth round of political consultations between the foreign ministries of Uzbekistan and Romania.

The draft development of space activities in Uzbekistan decree has been published for public consultation. It notes that Uzbekistan possesses practical experience, intellectual resources and basic space infrastructure for the development of space research and technologies.

Children and Youth’s Ombudsman is set to be established Uzbekistan, the long-time director of the National Center for Human Rights of Uzbekistan, Akmal Saidov said.

Uzbekistan and the UN will in February 2019 hold a conference entitled New Opportunities and Prospects for Regional Cooperation in Tashkent ahead of the informal summit of the Central Asian states, Uzbek Deputy Foreign Minister Dilshod Akhatov said on Monday at the meeting of the Central Asian Expert Forum which kicked off in Tashkent on Monday.

Uzbek Deputy PM/ Finance Minister Jamshid Kuchkarov hosted the delegation of South Korean Ajou University including the Vice-President for International Relations, Mr. Lim Jay-Ick, Professor of International Relations, Mr. Cho Joon-Hong, Director of the Office of International Relations, Ms. Kim Jay-Eun, the ministry said.

Uzbekistan delegation led by the President’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev attended the 7th international conference Crisis of Afghanistan: Causes and Solutions in Herat on October 26-27, 2018. The so-called Herat Security Dilaogue is organized by Afghan institute of Strategic Studies.

On 20 October 2018 the Government of Uzbekistan adopted the resolution “On measures to Implement the National Goals and Targets in the Field of Sustainable Development for the Period Until 2030.”

Today the President of Uzbekistan issued a decree dismissing Zoyir Mirzaev from the post of the Deputy Prime Minister/ Head of the Cabinet of Ministers complex on agriculture and water management, agriculture and food processing due to serious drawbacks in the process of planting wheat and irrigation.

Nazirjon Khasanov has been appointed as acting director general at UzbekTelecom, sources in the company told the Tashkent Times. Since May, he had served as director of interaction with state bodies at UzbekTelecom.

Uzbekistan delegation led by the President’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Ismatulla Irgashev paid a working visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran on Oct. 21-24, the Foreign ministry said.

Image of six men standing in the ditch near a wheat field spread on social networks on October 27. The incident was found to have occurred in Akkurgan district of Tashkent province.

Fayzullo Gadoyev, former chief of the Interior Ministry Drug Enforcement Office of Tajikistan, has been sentenced in absentia to 28 years of imprisonment for involvement in large-scale drug trafficking Tajikistan’s Supreme Court, Asia-Plus said.

Alisher Navoi Cultural Centers aimed at promoting Uzbek language, culture and traditions are expected to be created in Uzbekistan and abroad, as part of the Program of cooperation with Uzbek people living abroad, approved the Presidential decree of October 25, 2018.

French Alandia Industries has offered its services to rehabilitate distressed companies in Uzbekistan. According to the CEO of Alandia, Nicolas de Germay, the company is ready to provide consultancy and assist in forming of working groups to draft recovery plan for company restructuring.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Sunday offered condolences to the President of the United States Donald Trump over the mass killings at a Pittsburgh synagogue, the President’s press service said.

A group of MEPs led by the Chair of the Delegation for Relations with the Countries of Central Asia and Mongolia (DCAS) Iveta Grigule-Pēterse will arrive in Uzbekistan on Monday.