The Minister of Energy Zhurabek Mirzamakhmudov and the CEO of the Russian Gazprom Alexei Miller signed a road map for cooperation in the gas industry, the press service of Gazprom said.

On January 23, the Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov hosted the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, who arrived in Uzbekistan to attend the Foreign Ministers Council meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization.

PM Abdulla Aripov instructed the Ministry of Energy to negotiate with foreign partners for the alternative supply of natural gas, electricity, coal and fuel oil.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a state visit to Kyrgyzstan on January 26-27, the presidential press service said. The two leaders are reportedly expected to touch upon the whole range of ways to enhance the Uzbek-Kyrgyz ties of friendship, good neighborliness and strategic partnership.

Uzbekistan Airways has put 4 of its Boeing aircraft for sale as part of the government’s privatization program on Monday, the company said.

Uzhydromet told about the Tashkent weather for tomorrow, January 24. Tashkent weather will be partly cloudy, with no precipitation. There could be fog at night and in the morning, with northeastward wind at 3-8 m/s. Temperature at night 9-11° C below zero, and at daytime - 0-2° C.

Uzbekistan acknowledged the suspension of power exports to Afghanistan and announced plans to resume supplies from January 25, the Ministry of Energy said.

Regular meeting of the council of senior officials of the member states of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) took place today in Tashkent.

Today, the Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov met with the Secretary General of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) Kairat Sarybay, whose delegation arrived in Uzbekistan as a partner organization, the Foreign Ministry said.

Acting foreign minister of Afghanistan, Amir Khan Muttaqi, on Sunday called on Uzbekistan to provide the amount of electricity mentioned in an agreement signed between Kabul and Tashkent.

Turkmenistan is gradually resuming gas exports to Uzbekistan, the Uztransgaz said. As reported earlier, Turkmenistan suspended gas supplies to Uzbekistan from January 12 for technical reasons caused by extreme cold.

Couple who married 28 days ago died of carbon monoxide poisoning in Kattakurgan district of Samarkand province. This information, posted by the human rights activist Abdurakhman Tashanov, was confirmed by the spokesman of the Prosecutor General's Office Khayot Shamsutdinov.

Uzbekistan Airways signed a deal with Airbus on purchase of 12 A320 Neo family aircraft, Dunyo reported. Eight of the aircraft are A320neo and four are A321neo. The aircrafts have an Airbus Airspace cabin. Uzbekistan Airways plans to use the new aircraft to further expand its flight detinations.

Tripartite Roadmap was signed between the Secretariat of the Organization of Turkic States, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Kazakhstan.

Today, the Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov hosted Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Tim Torlot.

65,600 foreign citizens visited Uzbekistan for medical treatment in 11 months of 2022. According to the Statistics agency, this figure has increased by 39.1 thousand people or 2.5 times compared to the corresponding period of 2021.

Acting Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov hosted the Ambassador of Qatar Hasan bin Hamza Hashim. The parties discussed the Uzbek-Qatari ties in political, trade-economic, investment, transport-communication, cultural-humanitarian and other areas and the ways to advance them.

To provide electricity to the Surkhandaryo province, Uzbekistan began to import more electricity from Tajikistan, the Surkhandarya branch of Districtal Electric Networks said.

To increase hydropower capacity in Uzbekistan, 250 promising sites for microhydroelectric power plant projects have been identified. This was discussed at a meeting on improving electricity supply on January 19 by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

Uzbekistan and Singapore will set up a Design and Engineering Center to develop and implement the New Tashkent smart city project, the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade (MIIT) said.