The agreement on good neighborliness, friendship and cooperation between the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization for 2023-2027 will be signed at the SCO summit in Samarkand. This was announced by the President Mirziyoyev’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov at a briefing today on September 12.

Deputy PM/Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade Jamshid Khojaev met with the visiting Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Botir Atdaev.

The delegation of the Ministry of Innovative Development paid a visit to the United Arab Emirates, Dunyo agency said. Reportedly, executives of the UAE Innovation Center were invited to Innoweek.uz - 2022 innovation week, which will be held in October this year. Bilateral cooperation agreements are expected to be signed within this week.

On September 8, the State Committee for Family and Women, the governor office of Surkhandarya province, the European Union (EU) and UNICEF launched a program to expand access to inclusive education, social services and legal assistance in Surkhandarya.

President’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov briefed about the work schedule of the head of state Shavkat Mirziyoyev this week. He noted tha the 22nd SCO Summit in Samarkand on September 15-16 was the most important political event not only of the week, but of the whole year.

MPs of the Legislative Chamber approved the candidacy of Vladimir Norov for the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs, the press service of the Chamber said.

Remarks by the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev before the "The SCO Samarkand Summit: Dialogue and Cooperation in an Interconnected World".

On September 7, 2022 Ambassador of Romania to the Republic of Uzbekistan H.E. Mr. Daniel Cristian Ciobanu participated in Termez city at the handover ceremony of medical equipment for the benefit of children for the Multifunctional Medical Center in Surkhandarya region, purchased on the basis of Romania's voluntary contribution in the amount of 40,000 euros to UNICEF (from official development assistance funds).

Stories have been published in foreign media outlets In recent days that the SCO was China's and Russia's response to NATO, the SCO National Coordinator of Uzbekistan Rakhmatulla Nurimbetov said noting that there were no issues related to the global geopolitical crisis on the agenda of the summit, there will be no appeals or statements over the countries that are not members of the Organization.

The signing ceremony of deals for large investments by Mubadala and TAQA (UAE) for Talimarjan thermal power plant was held today in Tashkent, the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade (MIFT) said.

On September 7, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba gave an interview via conference call to Central Asian media outlets.

The delegation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan, headed by Minister Pulat Bobozhonov, attended the regular meeting of the Council of Ministers of Internal Affairs of the CIS member states, which was held on September 8 in Cholpan-Ata (Kyrgyzstan), the press service of the ministry reported.

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history, has died aged 96, drawing to a close the country’s second Elizabethan era, and heralding the reign of her son, King Charles III.

The United Nations General Assembly has designated October 13th as the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction to promote a global culture of disaster risk reduction. It is an opportunity to acknowledge the progress being made toward reducing disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods, and health in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 adopted at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan in March 2015.

New York: The world is lurching from crisis to crisis, trapped in a cycle of firefighting and unable to tackle the roots of the troubles that confront us. Without a sharp change of course, we may be heading towards even more deprivations and injustices, warns the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Acting Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov held talks with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs, Foreign Trade and Federal Cultural Institutions of Belgium, Haja Lahbib, as part of the visit to Brussels.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he would soon meet with the President of Mongolia in Uzbekistan, as well as hold a tripartite summit of the leaders of Russia, China and Mongolia.

Uzbekistan will host the IREG-2023 international conference. The First Deputy Minister of Higher Education Komil Karimov hosted the President of the International Ranking Expert Group (IREG) Waldemar Sivinski and representatives of the Polish delegation.

Acting Foreign Minister Norov held talks with the European Union Commissioner for Justice, Dide Reynders Justice. The parties discussed the ways to further develop bilateral ties, cooperation to ensure rule of law.

Chief of Afghan Railways visiting Uzbekistan, The parties intend to discuss the project of a transport corridor between Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and China, the press service of the Afghan Railways said.