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The cold weather has retreated, and a warm week is expected in Uzbekistan, Uzhydromet reported. It will be dry from Tuesday to Thursday, light rain is expected on March 2 only in some areas of Karakalpakstan autonomy. The air temperature will gradually rise, and on March 2 it will reach +2 ... + 7 degrees Celsius at night, + 17 ... + 22 degrees in the daytime.

The Uzbekistan delegation, led by the acting Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov will attend the C5+1 ministerial meeting on February 28, 2023 in Astana, Kazakhstan.

This year Kazakhstan is planning to commence the construction of the third line for Bukhara-Ural gas pipeline, which runs from Uzbekistan through Kazakhstan to Russia, announced the governor of Kazakhstan’s Aktobe region Yeraly Tugzhanov.

This Monday, February 27, 2023 the European-Uzbek Association for Economic Cooperation (EUROUZ), in partnership with the government and international financial institutions, together with key European Chambers of Commerce and Business Associations covering Uzbekistan, held an online webinar “Uzbekistan 2023: Economic & Investment Update”, which aroused a great interest among the European professional community with over 280 companies registering to be part of the event.

Minister of Investments, Industry and Trade of Uzbekistan Laziz Qudratov hosted the visiting Minister of Economy of Azerbaijan Mikail Jabbarov.

The Ministry of Transport is negotiating with the Lithuanian authorities on the possibility of transit of trucks through the territory of this country, the Ministry said in a statement.

The chief of the Presidential Administration, Sardor Umrzoqov, met with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. According to the information announced by the Qatari authorities, Sardar Umrzakov delivered the letter of Shavkat Mirziyoyev to the Emir of Qatar.

On February 26, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with the President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Footages surfaced on the social media of dozens of teenagers in Tashkent walking the streets shouting Aslam is the Power on Saturday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, during his visit to the newly built school No. 71 in Karshi district of Kashkadarya province, once again expressed support for the media, his spokesman Sherzod Asadov said.

As reported earlier, today, on February 24, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the Higher Military Aviation School. The school was established in 1994 in Jizzakh. However, in Jizzakh had not enough facilities for the training of pilots.

Today on February 24, Tashkent's International Hotel hosted the third meeting of the Uzbek-Azerbaijani Business Council. According to the press service of the CCI, the main purpose of the event was to further advance investment and trade and economic cooperation between Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan, as well as to enhance relations between the businesses of the two countries.

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell published an opinion article dedicated to the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

During his visit to the Kashkadarya province, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the Higher Military Aviation School in Karshi, the presidential press service said.

Uzbekistan abstained in the U.N. General Assembly on February 23 on a resolution that underscored the need to reach as soon as possible a “comprehensive, just and lasting peace” in Ukraine in line with the principles of the U.N. Charter.

Employees of the Uzbek Consulate General held talks with Xiao Yong, the deputy director general of China Southern Airlines, Dunyo reported.

US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and India February 28-March 3, 2023.  On February 28, he will visit Astana, Kazakhstan, where he will meet with senior Kazakh officials to deepen the bilateral cooperation.

The Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Kazakhstan Saidikram Niyazkhojaev met with the Kazakh Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development Marat Karabaev .

Agreement was reached with the Indian Department of Atomic Energy, as per which Uzbekistan's state-owned company NavoiUran will export uranium to India from March 2023. the company said.

As part of the new Uzbekistan’s development strategy, the improvement of the state pension system and the consistent raise of the size of pensions based on the country's economic figures have been established as a permanent task, the press service of the Pension Fund of Uzbekistan said.