First Deputy Foreign Minister Furqat Sidiqov hosted the US Ambassador Jonathan David Henick, the Foreign Ministry reported. The parties reportedly reviewed the state and the ways to further advance the Uzbek-American ties of strategic partnership and reiterated their readiness to continue an active and constructive political dialogue.

Deputy Foreign Minister Bakhrom Aloev hosted the Ukrainian Ambassador Nikolai Doroshenko, the Foreign Ministry reported.The parties reportedly discussed the Uzbek-Ukrainian ties and exchanged views on the prospects for further expanding trade and economic ties, including the provision of benefits and preferences on a reciprocal basis to business entities of the two countries. 

The Ministry of Energy, together with the Korean Energy Agency, has implemented yet another project. According to the ministry, a solid fuel (pellets) production unit project through processing of production waste was launched in Khodjeyli district of Karakalpakstan. 

The President signed the State Registration of Rights to Immovable Property Bill into Law. The document was signed on November 28, 2022 and will take effect 3 months after the day of its official publication.

As reported earlier, the speaker of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin landed in Tashkent. He held talks with speakers of the Uzbek Legislative Chamber and Senate, Nurdinjon Ismoilov and Tanzila Norboyeva.

Law enforcement academy will be set up at the Academy of the General Prosecutor's Office, where a system of continuous training of personnel in the field of crime investigation will be organized, ensuring close connection with practice. This is provided for by the Nov. 28 presidential decree.

The spokesman to the President of Kazakhstan Ruslan Zheldibay said that Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the creation of a "tripartite gas union" (Russia + Kazakhstan + Uzbekistan) at the talks in Moscow. The purpose of the mechanism is to coordinate the transportation of gas, Tengrinews.kz quoted him as saying.

The United States is closely following the trials that began today in Bukhara of 22 people accused of actions related to the tragic events in Karakalpakstan in July. The Embassy of the United States issued a statement: 

The first day of the trial in the criminal case on the events in Nukus on July 1-2 ended in Bukhara province Court. In the afternoon, the charges of the prosecutor's office was announced.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin on Monday. At the beginning of the meeting, Vyacheslav Volodin conveyed the greetings and best wishes to the leader of Uzbekistan on behalf of Vladimir Putin.

Kazakhstan supports the proposal of Russian President Vladimir Putin to create a "some kind of trilateral union" of the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, including to address the gas sector-related issues, Interfax reported on Monday with reference to the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan has prepared a draft treaty between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Uzbekistan on alliance ties.

Today in Tashkent, Speaker of the Legislative Chamber Nuriddin Ismoilov and Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin discussed the development of inter-parliamentary relations, the press service of the Parliament of the Russian Federation said.

Uzbekistan is all set to become a medical hub for CIS countries with support from a leading Indian healthcare provider company Aakash Healthcare LLC which opened and operationalized Aakash Multispecialty Hospital here today.

According to the Ministry of Transport, Tashkent to Andijan and Tashkent to Samarkand toll roads are planned to be built. Reportedly, the Tashkent to Andijan toll road will consist of three parts: from Tashkent to Angren, from Angren along the Kamchik pass to Khanabad. Changes may be made to the feasibility study, which will be finalized in 2023.

Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) brought together representatives from the Government of Uzbekistan, civil society organizations, international organizations, and experts from around the world to share best practices in combating and preventing gender-based violence (GBV) at an international conference. The conference, entitled, “Combating Violence Against Women in Uzbekistan: Achievements, Challenges, and Perspectives,” also highlighted progress and persisting challenges in efforts to eliminate GBV and to promote gender equality.

As reported earlier, a footage surfaced on November 24 on social media showing men forcibly dragging a woman into a car . A few hours later, the Tashkent police department reported that the incident occurred on Thursday in front of multi-storey buildings in 22nd block of Tashkent’s Uchtepa district. The men in the video were identified to be the woman M.A.’s, 22, husband D.Sh., 30, and her father-in-law H.M., 59.

Delegation, headed by the head of the Anit-Economic Crimes Department under the Prosecutor General's Office, attended the plenary meeting of the Eurasian Group (EAG) on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism on November 21-25 in Dushanbe in Tajikistan.

On November 23, a delegation led by the Defense Minister, Lieutenant General Bakhodir Kurbanov landed in Turkey. According to the Ministry of Defense, this visit was organized in line with the agreement between the leaders of the two countries on further development and strengthening of friendly and strategic partnership ties, expanding multilateral cooperation between the countries.

Gofurjon Mirzaev, by a presidential decree, was appointed adviser to the president in charge of civil service, dialogue with the public and coordination of the activities of local authorities.