The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev spoke to the Russian president Vladimir Putin over the phone today, the presidential press service said. The counterparts reportedly discussed the ways to deepen cooperation, ensuring the dynamics of the two-way trade and supporting cooperation projects of major enterprises.

Deputy Minister of Mining and Geology Azam Kadirkhojaev today at the Innoprom. Central Asia exhibition announced that Uzbekistan intended to start the development of lithium.

On April 27, the Chinese city of Xi'an will host the fourth meeting of foreign ministers in the Central Asia - China format. This was announced by the official representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Mao Ning.

Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the visiting Italian Defense Minister, Guido Crosetto. According to the presidential press service, Guido Crosetto conveyed the sincere greetings and best wishes from Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

Today the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) jointly with the Ministry of Agriculture and the International Agriculture University (IAU) hosted an event to commemorate Earth Day 2023. The U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan Jonathan Henick and USAID Mission Director Mikaela Meredith visited the campus of IAU to award the winners of the Students’ Contest of Environmental Ideas and plant trees together with the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Uzbekistan Umid Madaminov and IAU Rector Munira Aminova.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the Russian Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov, who heads the Russian delegation at the Innoprom. Central Asia international industrial exhibition, which is currently taking place in Tashkent.

Uzbekistan Airways is resuming Tashkent to Jakarta flights as of today, April 26. It is worth noting that there are connecting flights from Jakarta to the island of Bali.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted a Czech Republic government delegation headed by Prime Minister Petr Fiala on Tuesday, the presidential press service said.

Uzbekistan has agreed with Gazpromneft to import 300,000 tons of oil in 2023, the chief of the main department of the Ministry of Energy, Adkhamjon Ubaidullayev said.

Russian AvtoVAZ is pondering the possibility of resuming the assembly of its models in Uzbekistan, the company's president Maxim Sokolov said during a plenary session at the Innoprom. Central Asia in Tashkent.

Metro service to five newly built stations between Kuilyuk area (station 7) and Quruvchilar (station 12) on the Circular Line of the elevated metro was launched in Tashkent on Tuesday, the press service of the Ministry of Transport said.

A Day Without An Automobile will be held in Tashkent on April 28, the press service of the Tashkent city mayor’s office said in a statement.

The assembly of Renault models in Uzbekistan has been temporarily suspended due to problems with the supply of components. The Uzbek Ambassador to France and Portugal, Sardor Rustamboev, told reporters on the sidelines of the O’zbekistonlik International Forum on April 23 in Paris.

The EU-Uzbekistan Cooperation Council held its seventeenth meeting on Monday, 24 April 2023, in Luxembourg. The EU delegation was led by Tobias Billström, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, who chaired the meeting on behalf of the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell.

It has been dry and warm throughout Uzbekistan in recent days, and the same weather will continue throughout the working week, Uzhydromet reported.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the Tatar president Rustam Minnikhanov, on Monday, the presidential press service said. Reportedly, the parties considered the bilateral projects and further deepening of cultural and humanitarian exchange.

Leader of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov arrived in Uzbekistan on a working visit on Sunday. Today, he was received by the Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov.

Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov met with the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the Vice President of the European Commission Josep Borrell.

Imports of gas of, coal, oil and oil products spiked in Uzbekistan in Q1 of 2023, the Statistics Agency said in a report.

On the morning of April 21, a festive prayer will be performed in 116 mosques in Tashkent on the ocassion of the end of the Ramadan.