Last week, due to hot weather, electricity consumption in Uzbekistan reached a historical maximum, the press service of the Ministry of Energy reported.

At the next meeting of the Legislative Chamber, the MPs in the first reading considered the Prevention of Conflicts of Interest Bill.

President’s Envoy for Foreign Policies Abdulaziz Kamilov answered the question on the possible recognition of the Afghan caretaker government by the international community during the international conference on Afghanistan, held in Tashkent today.

The Russian Federation will open consular offices in Aktau, Grodno, Cancun and Samarkand, said the director of the consular department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Ivan Volynkin, TASS reported.

Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev told which countries will ensure the safety of the Trans-Afghan railway project. The safety of the Termez-Mazar-i-Sharif-Kabul-Peshawar will be jointly provided by Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The security of the project will be mainly provided by the Afghan side, while security experts from Uzbekistan and Pakistan will be involved.

The United States is ready to help stabilize the Afghan economy, and the country's government is working on the issue of unfreezing the country’s assets, the U.S. Special Envoy for Afghanistan Thomas West said.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev made remarks at the international conference on Afghanistan in which he called on the Afghan authorities to comply with the basic demands of the world community.

"Taliban’s Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi made remarks at the international conference on Afghanistan in Tashkent. Afghanistan is fulfilling all of the promises it had made and that it was big time for the USA to keep its promises and return the frozen money, he said. He added:

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) handed over approximately 500,000 new, high-quality textbooks and teacher’s guides to the Ministry of Public Education today. The learning materials will be used in Grades 1-4 for Uzbek Language Arts and Mathematics instruction. The books were developed through a partnership of USAID, the Ministry of Public Education and the Republican Education Center. The new learning materials will be piloted in 919 public schools in the Namangan and Syrdarya regions during the 2022-2023 school year.

Government issued Measures to further systematize the legal framework Resolution. As a result of a “regulatory guillotine” method, 422 government resolutions have become invalid.

Officials of the Swimming Federation and others are being suspected of abuse of power and embezzlement of budget funds on an especially large scale, the Prosecutor General's Office reported.

Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of late Uzbek president Islam Karimov won a victory at a Swiss court over allegations she took bribes, in a ruling that may help her reclaim 293 million francs ($303 million) in frozen funds, Bloomberg reported.

Uzbekistan climbed 7 places to 86th among 163 countries in an annual Global Peace Index this year while Iceland remained at the top position, according to a report by an international think tank.

On July 24, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev received congratulations on the occasion of his birthday from foreign leaders, his press service reported. He held telephone conversations with Presidents of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, Russia Vladimir Putin, Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Dry and very hot weather will continue in most of the territory in the first half of the week, the press service of Uzhydromet reported. Daytime air temperature will be within +40 ... +43, in the south - up to +45.

Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev with the Order of Alexander Nevsky for his great services in strengthening cooperation between the two countries.

Uzbekistan becomes the 11th country that can send labor migrants to Japan. This became known on July 21, at the second labor forum dedicated to the prospects for development of labor relations and vocational education between Japan and Uzbekistan.

Tashkent will host the international conference Afghanistan: Security and Economic Development on July 25-26. According to the Foreign Ministry, delegation of the caretaker government of Afghanistan led by acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Amir Khan Muttaqi today landed in Tashkent to attend the conference.

Wi-Fi network has been launched at Tashkent International Airport for passengers and guests, the Uzbekistan Airports reported on Friday.

Joint security commission was set up between the governments of Uzbekistan and Pakistan. This is stipulated in the Approval of the international agreement Decree" signed by the President of Uzbekistan.