Tashkent’s city council of people’s deputies on Oct. 8 approved a concept for buying 14 five-car trains, or 70 cars in total, for the Tashkent Metro, to be financed with funds from foreign governments and financial institutions. The project is due to be completed by the end of 2027.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan Thursday on the sidelines of events in Avaza, the two leaders discussing ways to expand relations between their countries.

Uzbekistan ranked 71st among 100 countries in the 2026 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of the world’s most powerful countries, placing it in the top 80, according to the U.S.-based World Population Review.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in his remarks today, Oct. 9 at the Summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) proposed creating a joint center to respond to cross-border cybercrime and fraud.

Investors from the United States, South Korea and China have expressed interest in buying UzAuto Motors, State Assets Management Agency Director Sokhibjon Murodov said at a news conference Thursday.

Uzbekistan’s embassy in Saudi Arabia has urged citizens in the country, or planning to travel there, to take precautions because of regional tension and changes in air traffic, the Dunyo news agency reported.

The Interstate Commission for Water Coordination has approved water withdrawal limits from the Amu Darya and Syr Darya basins for Central Asian countries for the 2026-2027 non-growing season, the Water Resources Ministry said.

Uzbekistan Post has not been placed under trust management by Russian company Wildberries, State Assets Management Agency Director Sokhibjon Murodov said at a news conference Thursday, rejecting speculation that followed the appointment of Wildberries representatives to five of nine seats on the operator’s supervisory council.

Warm, dry weather will continue across most provinces of Uzbekistan until the weekend, when moist air will bring rain to parts of the country, Uzhydromet said.

Preparations to privatize Uzbekistan GTL, one of the largest fuel-producing plants in Uzbekistan, have begun, State Assets Management Agency Director Sokhibjon Murodov said at a news conference in Tashkent Thursday.

The death toll from a Russian missile strike on Pryluky in Chernihiv Oblast has risen to 16, including four children, and 55 people have been injured.

A 22-year-old university student has been sentenced to six years in prison after driving away his neighbor’s Nexia without permission in Qiziltepa district of Navoi province, following an argument with his girlfriend.

Today, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev delivered remarks at the eighth Central Asia and Azerbaijan Summit in the Avaza national tourist zone in Turkmenistan. Highlights:

Security officers at the Tashkent Metro have returned $10,000 in lost cash to its owner, a citizen of Kazakhstan, the press service of the Interior Ministry said.

Uzbekistan has approved a procedure for providing social services to victims of human trafficking under the Cabinet of Ministers' Oct. 6 resolution.

September was among the warmest Septembers on record in Uzbekistan, the national hydrometeorological service Uzhydromet said in a review of the month's weather. 

A man who works as a production training master at a technical college in Jarqo'rg'on district, Surxondaryo province, has been sentenced to five days of administrative detention for sexually harassing a minor student.

Tashkent Mayor Shavkat Umurzakov has come out against handing over the grounds of state schools and kindergartens to public-private partnership (PPP) projects, he said in an interview with Gazeta.

The director of the State Assets Management Agency, Sohibjon Murodov, has rejected criticism that the UNG Petro filling station chain and the Chinaz oil refinery were privatized in secret, saying both were sold through direct negotiations involving international consultants.

A sign at the delivery entrance of an Evos fast food chain outlet in city of Bukhara has been removed after public criticism.