2 large wind farms to be built in Bukhara through installation of 158 wind turbines with a total capacity of 1 GW, with 3.6 billion kWh of electricity to be produced annually.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit Italy in the summer. Italian Defense Minister Guido Crozetto, who visited Tashkent on April 26, told the Italian news agency Vista.

European Union Sanctions Envoy David O'Sullivan arrived in Uzbekistan for a two-day visit. After meeting with the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, he held a press conference at which he spoke about the task of his mission.

"You will find the peace and stability that you want, a favorable investment environment and the necessary guarantees in our country," the president said to the participants of the 2nd Tashkent Investment Forum.

President of FIFA Gianni Infantino will visit Uzbekistan on May 5-6. He will get familiar the training base of national teams, which is being set up in Tashkent province in cooperation with FIFA.

As reported earlier, Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended the session of the 2nd Tashkent International Investment Forum. Shavkat Mirziyoyev in his remarks focused on new opportunities for expanding cooperation between Uzbekistan and foreign investors.

Chief of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andrii Yermak wrote an op-ed for the Azerbaijani information and analytical portal Haqqin.az. The op-ed is addressed to the countries of Central Asia:

Uzbekistan’s status as a country with the most diversified economy in the region even more solidified, Shavkat Mirziyoyev said at the 2nd Tashkent International Investment Forum today.

The Russian Metrovagonmash plant, which is part of Transmashholding (TMH), is to supply 56 cars, or 14 trains, for the Tashkent metro this year.

Uzbekistan plans to set up an international commercial court, Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced in his address at the second Tashkent International Investment Forum.

Uzbekistan in the coming years plans to increase gold production by almost one and a half times, up to 150 tons, announced the Deputy Minister of Mining and Geology Azam Kadirkhodzhaev at the Innoprom. Central Asia exhibition.

The second Tashkent International Investment Forum kicked off today at the International Congress Center, where now President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is addressing its session.

Western sanctions imposed on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine mean big business elsewhere in the former Soviet Union, as middlemen race to cash in on reselling unavailable goods to Russia.

Today at the Ministry of Defense, the Deputy Defense Minister/ Commander of the Air Defense Forces and the Air Forces, Akhmad Burkhanov hosted the Commander of the Turkish Air Force Atilla Gülan, the press service of the ministry said.

Open dialogue of tourism business leaders of Uzbekistan and Montenegro was organized in Tashkent. Reportedly, in 2022, the number of foreign tourists to Uzbekistan reached 5.2 million, and the export of tourist services surpassed US$ 1.6 billion. The number of tourists coming to Uzbekistan from Europe is expected to increase this year.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev spoke to the Russian president Vladimir Putin over the phone today, the presidential press service said. The counterparts reportedly discussed the ways to deepen cooperation, ensuring the dynamics of the two-way trade and supporting cooperation projects of major enterprises.

Deputy Minister of Mining and Geology Azam Kadirkhojaev today at the Innoprom. Central Asia exhibition announced that Uzbekistan intended to start the development of lithium.

On April 27, the Chinese city of Xi'an will host the fourth meeting of foreign ministers in the Central Asia - China format. This was announced by the official representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Mao Ning.

Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the visiting Italian Defense Minister, Guido Crosetto. According to the presidential press service, Guido Crosetto conveyed the sincere greetings and best wishes from Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

Today the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) jointly with the Ministry of Agriculture and the International Agriculture University (IAU) hosted an event to commemorate Earth Day 2023. The U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan Jonathan Henick and USAID Mission Director Mikaela Meredith visited the campus of IAU to award the winners of the Students’ Contest of Environmental Ideas and plant trees together with the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Uzbekistan Umid Madaminov and IAU Rector Munira Aminova.