President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has accepted the invitation of the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and will pay a working visit to Astana on November 2-3, where he will attend the next Summit of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS).

Following the talks in Samarkand, the leaders of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and France Emmanuel Macron adopted a joint statement, the press service of the head of state reported.

Head-to-head talks between the Presidents of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and France Emmanuel Macron took place at the Samarkand Congress Center, the presidential press service said.

The Ministry of Economy and Finance in its budget-related address presented proposals for the main axes of tax and customs policies for 2024–2026.

New appointments were made in the presidential administration. Gairatulla Yoziev has been appointed to the First deputy presidential adviser in charge of personnel policies.

On October 31, the president Mirziyoyev signed amendments to the Criminal Code and the Code of Administrative Liability, which enshrines the secularism of the state.

In mid-October, EastFruit reported on the resumption of the growing trend in the dynamics of wholesale prices for tomatoes in Uzbekistan and, as predicted by analysts of the international platform, prices for this product continued to rise. After a week-long pause, wholesale prices for tomatoes rose again – over the past week, the pink tomato increased by 50%, and the red round tomato – by 43%.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a government meeting dedicated to hydropower projects on Tuesday, the presidential press service said.

Government of Uzbekistan and the Russian Gazprom signed a strategic memorandum on cooperation in the energy sector, the Ministry of Energy said.

French president Emmanuel Macron has accepted the invitation of president Shavkat Mirziyoyev and will pay an official visit to Uzbekistan on November 1-2.

More than 10.5 thousand citizens of Uzbekistan live in Israel, Deputy Foreign Minister Bahromjon Aloev said at a meeting of the Senate Committee Monday.

On October 23, the Yukorichirchik district criminal court sentenced a resident of the Tashkent region to five years in prison under the Mercenarism charge. The press service of the Supreme Court of Uzbekistan said.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, at a meeting on October 31 dedicated to hydropower projects, spoke about the conflict between Israel and the Hamas movement, his spokesman Sherzod Asadov said.

After finding itself suddenly unwelcome in its traditional sphere of influence, France is casting further afield. That’s why president Emmanuel Macron will travel to energy-rich Central Asia this week to visit Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, two suppliers of the uranium that powers the country’s nuclear reactors.

The founder of Avto 60 Oy (tr. - Auto In 60 Months), Zhamshid Bahodirov, who was sentenced to 8 years in the case of fraud with installment plans for cars in March 2021, was released.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Health and Abt Associates, is launching TB Free Uzbekistan, a five-year initiative that is investing $18 million to provide comprehensive support services and increase access to key tuberculosis (TB) services across the country.

Jamshid Kuchkarov, the Deputy PM– Minister of Economy and Finance of Uzbekistan, called for peace and stability in Afghanistan, saying it is important for the region, and he pledged that his country will cooperate in the transit, trade and agriculture sectors of Afghanistan.

Total of 561,100 foreign nationals arrived to Uzbekistan for recreation between January to September 2023. According to the statistics agency, Russia was on the top spot on 178,500 people. Russia was followed by:

New appointments have been made in the Presidential Administration, UzA reported. Asilbek Khudayarov was named the first deputy chief of the Department of Social Development within the Administration, replacing Alisher Sadullayev.

Today, high-level government officials, led by Afghanistan’s Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Akhund, convened with a delegation from Uzbekistan, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Jamshid Khodjaev.