Shavkat Mirziyoyev got acquainted with the draft master plan of the New Tashkent. Today almost 5 million people live and work in Tashkent. A lot of new housing and other facilities are being built, and the burden on infrastructure is increasing, he said. “While, there is a need to build 20 thousand apartments, more than 40 schools, kindergartens and clinics annually. Given the current rate of urbanization, further population growth is expected in the coming years.”

Samarkand will host the 25th anniversary session of the General Assembly of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) on October 16-20, the Committee on Tourism said.

Uzbekistan delegation headed by the Chairperson of the Senate Tanzila Narbayeva is on an official visit to Belarus. On Tuesday, September 5, Tanzila Narbayeva met with President Alexander Lukashenko, the press service of the Senate said.

Uzbek Ambassador Ravshan Usmanov met with the Minister of Transport of Malaysia Loke Siew Fook, the Dunyo said in a statement.

On September 5, Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan, the General Asim Munir. The parties discussed the ways to further advance the Uzbek-Pakistani ties and to strengthen the strategic partnership ties.

Cabinet of Ministers issued a resolution on September 4 amending the Rules for carrying in and out of foreign currency by individuals across the border of Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Justice said.

The government issued a resolution on August 31 approving the administrative regulation for the provision of mobile governmental services with on-site visits, the Ministry of Justice reported.

Uzbeks will be able to buy securities on the local stock market through funds from voluntary funded pension contributions. This is provided for by the president’s Sep 2 Additional measures to develop the capital market Decree, the Ministry of Justice said.

4,772 traffic accidents were recorded in Uzbekistan in 7 months of 2023, Kutbiddin Burkhanov, the Senate’s Defense and Security Committee Chairman said.

Cavalry parade took place on September 2 in Tashkent on the occasion of the Independence Day under the motto: For a new life, for a new Uzbekistan.

News portal of EastCham-Finland Chamber of Commerce of Finland published an article entitled: Uzbekistan and Sweden have agreed on direct flights between Stockholm and Tashkent, Dunyo said.

Legendary singer, musician, composer, and a person who shaped an epoch, Sherali Juraev passed away at the age of 76, Uzbekconcert said on Monday. Shermat (Sherali) Juraev was born in 1947 in Lenin (now Asaka) district of Andijan province. In 1966-1971 he studied at the Tashkent State Institute of Art after Mannon Uygur. 

On August 31, Uzbekistan Airways received the delivery of a second LET L-410 light aircraft from the Czech LET Aircraft Industries. The first aircraft landed in Tashkent in mid-July.

Law enforcement experts on unmanned aerial vehicles and innovative technologies met in the Kyrgyz city of Karakol. The event was also attended by UNODC Regional Representative for Central Asia A. Mitall, Head of the UNODC Program Office in the Kyrgyz Republic A. Seleznev, delegations from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Belarus, the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry reported.

Moscow to host the next round of political consultations between the Foreign Ministries of Uzbekistan and Russia. According to the Foreign Ministry, the delegations were headed by the Deputy Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Bobur Usmanov and the Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Mikhail Galuzin.

On August 29, the cassation instance of the Supreme Court ruled to release the former mayor of Urganch city, Shukhrat Abdullayev, who had been in prison for less than two months after the verdict, the spokesman to the Supreme Court Aziz Abidov.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Pardoning a group of persons serving a sentence who sincerely repented of their deeds and firmly embarked on the path of correction Decree.

A new cooperation agreement between IFC and the government of Uzbekistan is aiming to help improve the country’s legal and regulatory frameworks to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI) and help drive economic growth.

New airport was inaugurated in Zomin, Jizzakh province on September 1. The ceremony was attended by the leadership of the province, district, Uzbekistan Airways and the public.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will deliver a speech at the high-level week of the UN General Assembly between September 19-25 in New York.