Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan agreed to facilitate passport control when crossing the border, announced the Kyrgyz Deputy Foreign Minister Aibek Artykbaev at a meeting of the Committee of the Jogorku Kenesh (parliament of Kyrgyzstan) on international affairs, defense, security and migration, the 24.kg reported.

The Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov met with the Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia Tanja Anna Fajon in Lodz.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit Kyrgyzstan on December 9, announced at a meeting of the Jogorku Kenesh Committee on International Affairs, Defense, Security and Migration by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan Aibek Artykbaev.

The Iranian Qeshm Air will launch Tehran to Tashkent and Samarkand flights from December 22, the press service of Uzbekistan Airports said.

On the sidelines of the 29th meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the OSCE in Lodz, the Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov met with the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE PA) Margarita Sederfelt.

Central Asia is warming faster than the global average. Average annual temperatures have risen by 0.5 degrees Celsius over the last three decades and are forecast to increase by 2.0 to 5.7 degrees Celsius by 2085. Increased incidence and velocity of extreme weather events and disasters threaten physical security, critical infrastructure and access to healthcare and education.

Jordanian Jordan Aviation will launch Amman to Tashkent direct flights on December 13, 2022. Flights will be operated by Boeing 767 aircraft once a week.

Uzbekistan has received the delivery of three batches of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine since Monday, the Ministry of Health said.

On December 1 in the Polish city of Lodz, Vladimir Norov held talks with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of the Kingdom of Spain, Jose Manuel Albarez Bueno.

The Russian Tatneft bought out JSC Birinchi Rezinotekhnika Zavodi (First Rubber Plant, BRZ) from Uzbekistan, the press service of the Russian government reported.

Cold air mass, formed over the regions of the Urals, has invaded the territory of Uzbekistan since December 1 through western Kazakhstan, Uzhydromet said.

Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov, speaking at a meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council, emphasized that the prospects for sustainable development and security of the Central Asian region were inextricably linked with peace in Afghanistan.

On December 1, the Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin arrived in Samarkand. At Samarkand International Airport he was welcomed by the PM Abdulla Aripov and other officials.

On 1 December 2022, the Embassy of Romania in Tashkent organized a reception on the occasion of the National Day of Romania.

Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today held a business dialogue “Gender Equality in Workplaces in Uzbekistan”.

Uzbekistan builds its foreign policy agenda based on its national interests, so the strengthening of cooperation with France has nothing to do with the events in Ukraine, the president’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov told to the Liberty Radio’s Uzbek service.

On the World AIDS Day on December 1,the Ministry of Health with reference to the Deputy Director of the Republican AIDS Center Gulifor Normuratova reported that 45,000 people in Uzbekistan were living with HIV infection as of January 1, 2022.

Details of the murder of the local police officer in Tashkent were on December 1 by the offical of the Interior Ministry, Colonel Khamza Makhsumov in a press conference at the Information and Mass Communications Agency.

12-year-old girl was found hanging in Tashkent’s Mirzo-Ulugbek district, the General Prosecutor's Office reported.

The governments of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan plan to update the terms of travel of citizens of the two countries, Zakon.kz reported, citing a draft MoM on amending the relevant agreement.