Presidents of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev today held head-to-head and between-delegations talks on December 22, the Uzbek presidency press service said.

Uzbekistan sent 9 trucks with humanitarian aid to the Afghan people on December 22. According to the Foreign Ministry, the humanitarian aid was sent to the city of Hairatan in Afghanistan via Termez. Officials did not disclose what the humanitarian aid included.

1,000 soum-coin will be put into circulation as of December 26, the Central Bank said. The coin is produced in a two-tone combination: a yellow inner ring made of copper and brass, a silver outer ring with nickel plating.

In Tashkent, a 60-year-old blogger, owner of Telegram channel and a YouTube channel with 5660 subscribers Shakhida Salomova was arrested.

Today, the president of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev landed in Uzbekistan on a state visit, the press service of the Uzbek president said.

Tashkent highways to get public transport lanes, with road markings to be applied on several of the busiest highways of Tashkent.

Footage of a conflict between a police officer and a teenager in one of Tashkent supermarkets surfaced on social media on Wednesday.

As of January 1, 2022, the indicator of housing provision of the population in Uzbekistan was an average of 18.2 square meters of the total living space per inhabitant.

At a meeting of the UN Security Council dedicated to discussing the situation in Afghanistan, Chargé d'Affaires, Deputy Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan Nuralla Abdullayev spoke about the steps taken by the country to establish long-term peace in Afghanistan.

Uzbekistan plans to borrow $4.5 billion in 2023, which is in line with the target figures envisaged in 2022 but has not been reached. The total public debt is projected to reach $29.2 billion in 2022 and $32.6 billion in 2023.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev delivered an address to the Oliy Majlis and the people of Uzbekistan. In which, Shavkat Mirziyoyev proposed to declare the year 2023 as the Year of Human Care and Quality Education.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev may visit St. Petersburg for the informal meeting of the heads of the CIS countries on December 26-27, announced the executive committee chiarperson/secretary of the CIS Sergei Lebedev.

Starting January 13, 2023, Uzbekistan Airways will increase the frequency of Tashkent to Tbilisi flights, with current once-a-week flight on Tuesdays scheduled.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev delivered an address to the Oliy Majlis and the people of Uzbekistan. In which, Shavkat Mirziyoyev proposed to declare the year 2023 as the Year of Human Care and Quality Education.

President signed Measures of state support for organizing the production of electric vehicles Resolution. According to the document, until January 1, 2030:

The State-Owned Assets Management Agency announced the sale of the government stake in UzAuto Trailer. Tatarstan’s Technopolis Khimgrad innopark has become the owner of 100% of the govt’s share. The dela price was reported to top 561.1 billion soums (about $49.7 million).

On December 19, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, along with a document on state support for the production of electric vehicles, signed a resolution on expanding the infrastructure for charging electric vehicles.

A meeting was held with members of the delegation of the US government and the International Republican Institute headed by Peter Roskam at the Ministry of Justice.

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has accepted the invitation of the Uzbek leader Shavkat Mirziyoyev and will pay a state visit to Uzbekistan on December 21-22, the press service of the Uzbek leader reported.

During the roundtable entitled: New Uzbekistan - a reliable partner in a changing and interconnected world", Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov focused on the development of dialogue in the Central Asia Plus formats.