Uzbek pecialists are completing the reconstruction of the Afghanistan’s Mazar-e-Sharif airport, said Daniyar Kurbanov, Director of the Information and Analytical Center for International Relations under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan, speaking at the II Central Asian Conference of the Valdai International Discussion Club, TASS reported.

Russian president Vladimir Putin proposed to grant observer status to the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). He voiced this proposal at the 20th anniversary CSTO summit, the Kremlin press service reported.

The Agency for Space Research and Technology under the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan (UzbekCosmos) signed a memorandum of understanding and cooperation with the UK company OneWeb, the agency announced this on Monday.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev hosted the speaker of the Legislative Chamber of the Uzbek Parliament Nurdinjon Ismoilov, the presidential press service said.

Corruption risks in the activities of governor’s , mayor’s offices, ministries and departments, as well as enterprises with a state stake of more than 50% will be identified and assessed as part of the E-Anti-Corruption digital project. Risk data will be maintained on the interdepartmental platform E-Anticor.uz. This is stipulated by the President’s May 11 decree.

The Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (UzLiDeP) and the Milliy Tiklanish Democratic Party will hold a joint meeting in the Legislative Chamber to discuss the launch of the process of amending and supplementing the Constitution. The issue was discussed at the meetings of the parties on Monday.

Today, May 15, the President of Uzbekistan landed in the United Arab Emirates, the presidential press service said in a statement.

On May 13, 2022, the State Committee for Ecology and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Uzbekistan jointly with the United Nations Development Programme held the fourth (final) national consultation in preparation for the international meeting ‘Stockholm+50: a healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility, our opportunity’.

As of April 1, 2022, Tashkent city's population stands at 2.879 million, the Tashkent mayor’s office said. Reportedly, year-to-date, the population increased by 17.4 thousand people, or 0.6%. Among Tashkent residents, there were 1,411,800 men and 1,468,000 women.

On May 12, an accident involving a passenger bus occurred in the Zhambyl region, an official representative of the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said. There were 53 passengers, including 47 Uzbekistan nationals in the bus, which was heading to Almaty.

Tashkent to host a high-level international conference on Afghanistan at the end of July, announced the interim Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Vladimir Norov on May 13 at the CIS Foreign Ministers Council meeting in Dushanbe.

President’s draft Measures to introduce an effective system of interaction with business entities and further strengthen their legal protection Decree was posted for public input.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Human Organ And Tissue Transplantation Bill into Law was signed on May 11 and took effect on Thursday.

On May 7, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Measures to implement the project for modernization and management of Samarkand International Airport under public-private partnership terms Decree.

Imports of wheat flour hiked by 22,000 tons, the State Statistics Committee said in a report. Reportedly, in January-March 2022, Uzbekistan imported 92.6 thousand tons of wheat flour worth $ 28.8 million.

The SCO’s Public Diplomacy - Mutual Understanding for Development People's Forum kicked off today in Tashkent. The forum, initiated by Uzbekistan, is being attended by more than 120 delegates, including representatives of the parliaments of the SCO member states, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, as well as research centers.

On May 10, for the ICTs Development Minister Sherzod Shermatov hosted Ben McWilliams, Starlink project manager of the American company SpaceX for access to the markets of the Middle East, South and Central Asia, as part of the Space Technology Conference STC-2022 in Tashkent.

The Cabinet of Ministers issued the Urgent measures to ensure reliable water supply for agricultural crops in the face of expected water shortage in 2022 Resolution.

The mayor of Angren city, Tashkent province, Nuritdin Abdurahimov, died due to an illness, the press service of the provincial governor’s office said. Nuritdin Abdurahimov was appointed the Angren city mayor in January. He was born in 1978 in the Pskent district of Tashkent province.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev approved the intergovernmental treaty with Kazakhstan on cooperation in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes, the Ministry of Justice reported.