President of the Council of the European Union Charles Michel will visit the countries of Central Asia. He tweeted about upcoming visits to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.

Amendments were announced to the Article 13 of the Banks and Banking Activities Law. The amendmenst provide for gradual increase of the minimum amount of bank charter capital to 500 billion soums (US$ 5 million).

Sijjak resort in Bostonliq district of Tashkent province, which was owned by Gulnara Karimova, has been put up for sale again for the second time by the State Asset Management Agency. The lot was valued at 70 billion soums on the E-auction site.

On October 6, Uzbek Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov had a telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, they discussed the outcomes of the SCO Summit in Samarkand on September 15-16.

Border troops of the State Security Service (SSS) of Uzbekistan met with representatives of the Taliban movement in Hairatan port of Balkh province on October 5.

After the March remarks of former Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, in which he announced Uzbekistan's support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity, Uzbekistan began to have economic problems, the leader of Milliy Tiklanish party, Alisher Kadirov told Kun.uz.

47 members of the UN Human Rights Council voted against holding a debate on alleged abuses in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the council's press office said.

Today, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a vocational and entrepreneurship training program for approximately 1,000 rural women who are either survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) or are at-risk for GBV. USAID will also support graduates in finding skilled employment and starting their own businesses. This initiative is part of USAID’s $3.4 million Women’s Economic Empowerment program supporting rural women in Uzbekistan through equipping them with the skills they need to enter the economy as skilled employees and entrepreneurs.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is facilitating a more reliable and sustainable electricity transmission network in Uzbekistan by providing fresh funds to state power transmission company National Electric Grid of Uzbekistan (NEGU).

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has accepted the invitation of the Russian President Vladimir Putin, and will attend of the informal CIS Summit on October 7 in St. Petersburg, the presidential press service said.

The governments of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan will set up a joint venture to manage the Kempir-Abad (Andijan) reservoir on the border of the two countries, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov said on his Facebook page.

By decree of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the Russian President Vladimir Putin was awarded the Friendship Order of the Highest Degree, announced the President’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov.

Uzbekistan ranked third in the CIS in terms of permanent population. As of January 1, 2022, the number of permanent residents in Uzbekistan stood at 35.3 million people, the State Statistics Committee said.

Seasonal charter flights could be launched between Uzbekistan and Oman. This was in particularly at a meeting held at the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Oman with Hubert Peters, Sanjiv Alangad and Anil Kumar, executives of Akbar Travels travel company, Dunyo said.

The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of a $2 million cooperative agreement to support the improvement of labor conditions and prevent forced labor and child labor in Uzbekistan’s cotton industry.

Kazygurt - S. Nadzhimov border customs posts have been closed. According to the State Customs Committee of Uzbekistan, the Kazygurt customs post (Kazakhstan) - S. Nadzhimov customs post (Kibray district, Tashkent province) will not work from 09:00 on October 6 until 09:00 on October 7.

Uzbekistan Airways resumes direct flights to Kuala Lumpur from November 1, the company said. Reportedly, the price of twice-a-week one-way Tashkent to Kuala Lumpur starts from 4,347,523 soums, while the return ticket with luggage starts from 7,596,136 soums.

Uzbekistan Railways has announced an international tender for purchase of 34 modern electric trains, the Ministry of Transport said.

The Economist Intelligence Unit prepared the 2022 Global Food Security Index (GFSI) with the support of Corteva Agriscience. In the GFSI’s index from 2019 to 2022, Uzbekistan climbed 12 places, and this year was ranked 73rd out of 113 countries. Uzbekistan became the best improver among 10 in ensuring food safety in 2019-2022.

Conference call was held between officials of the Ministry of Transport, the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Latvia, the Ministry of Investments, Uzbekistan Airports and Finnair.