During his visit to London, the Foreign held talks with the UK Minister of Security Tom Tugendhat yesterday. "We had a sincere conversation with the UK’s Security Minister and Member of Parliament Tom Tugendhat," the Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov said on his Telegram channel.

Industrial Development Fund (IDF) will be set up under the Uzbekistan Fund for Reconstruction and Development (UFRD). This is provided for by the president’s July 21 decree.

Draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers, developed by the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Uzbekistan, was posted on the draft regulations’ discussion portal.

China remains Uzbekistan’s top trade partner in 6 months of this year - $5.3 billion. According to the Agency on Statistics, the following countries have the highest share in Uzbekistan’s international trade in January-June 2023 (in US dollars):

3 foreign companies were engaged in the development of the master plan of New Tashkent. The lands of three districts of the Tashkent province have been handed over for New Tashkent.

The Embassy of Ukraine in Tashkent published an appeal to the citizens of Uzbekistan with a call not to participate in the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and not to go the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.

Hot weather is expected across Uzbekistan for most of the week, Uzhydromet said. In the daytime, the temperature will reach +39…+42 degrees Celsius, in the south and the desert zone, as well as on July 24-25 in some places in the north of the country - +43…+44 degrees.

The parents of 11-year-old Marjona, who was found murdered with signs of rape in Fergana, told the details of the tragedy in an interview with Vodiy24.

The salaries of MPs of the Central Asian countries and a number of other countries were compared. The lowest pay was that of an Uzbek MP.

In June, Uzbekistan increased the export of natural gas to China in value terms, the China’s General Customs Authority said. Reportedly, in April, Uzbekistan resumed the export of gas, which for that month topped $40.47 million. In May, the volume of deliveries increased by $78.16 million, and in June - by another 9.1%, or by $85.27 million.

Moderately hot weather will continue in Uzbekistan on Friday with temperatures in the range of +35…+38 degrees Celsius, in the south - up to +40…+42 degrees, Uzhydromet said.

On July 21, 2023, Mr. Hatori Takashi, Ambassador of Japan to the Republic of Uzbekistan, took part in the ceremony of providing medical equipment to the Tashkent City Maternity Complex No.6 within the framework of the grant program "Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects". The ceremony was attended by Ms. BASITKHANOVA Elmira, Deputy Minister of Health, Dr. PAKHOMOVA Janna, Chief Physician, as well as other representatives of the Maternity Complex.

President signed Measures to create a New Tashkent decree, which first of all has set up a Directorate (Managing company) under the Cabinet of Ministers for construction of New Tashkent.

After four and half years of dedicated service, Matilda Dimovska, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in Uzbekistan, will be concluding her mission in the country.

The movement of hot air to the territory of Uzbekistan will intensify on July 24-27, Uzhydromet reported. The maximum air temperature will increase on:

The next Central Asia-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit will take place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. This became known on July 19 during the summit in Saudi Arabia.

Transit of Russian gas Uzbekistan is planned to start from October this year. This became known during a working trip of the Chairman of QazaqGaz Sanzhar Zharkeshov to the Atyrau region, where he visited new gas transportation system modernization projects.

On July 19, on the sidelines of the first Summit of the Central Asia- Gulf Cooperation Council, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with the Crown Prince, Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud and reviewed the current agenda for further advancing the Uzbek-Saudi ties.

The Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia signed a memorandum of understanding in the field of transport, the Ministry of Transport said.

According to the Uzbek president’s press service, Shavkat Mirziyoyev in his remarks at the Central Asia-Gulf Cooperation Summit underscored the deep historical interconnectivity of the peoples of Central Asia and the Gulf region, which is based on close trade relations, shared values and traditions, as well as religion.