Shavkat Umurzakov has been approved as acting mayor of Tashkent city, UzA reported. Since June 2018, he has served as the Chairman of UzAutoSanoat.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today signed a decree on the introduction of zero custom import duties on a number of food items on Monday. 

Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade Laziz Kudratov held talks with the director of Mareven Food Holdings (Vietnam) Nguyen Duong via conference call yesterday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and president of Russia Vladimir Putin at the talks in Moscow on March 21 also focused on the Central Asian region, it followed from the joint statement of the countries "on deepening relations of comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction entering a new era."

In early February 2021, the President signed the Measures to further develop domestic and pilgrimage tourism in the Republic of Uzbekistan Decree. As per the document, in Ramadan, Uzbeks will have at least three days-off:

Turkey rightfully occupies a leading position among countries with developed medical technologies. Therefore, it is not surprising that about 13 thousand of our citizens go there from Kazakhstan for treatment every year. Does this mean that if you have health problems, you should immediately dismiss the option of treatment in Kazakhstan and choose a Turkish clinic?

In January-February, the Russian Federation was Uzbekistan’s top trade partner on US$ 1.4 billion. According to the Statistics Agency, Russia was followed by:

On March 21, at 00:45 local time, an aircraft of the Danish cargo airline Maersk Air Cargo landed at Navoi International Airport, marking the launch of flights to Uzbekistan on the route Billund-Navoi-Hangzhou-Navoi-Billund.

On March 22, a delegation led by the President’s Special Envoy for foreign policy course Abdulaziz Kamilov visited Afghanistan. Earlier the Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan reported that officials of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan discussed border protection, security and development of bilateral ties.

Uzbekistan Airways will resume Jakarta once-a-week flights from April 26, 2023, the company said. Reportedly, after a three-year hiatus, on the Tashkent to Jakarta flights will be resumed on Dreamliner 787 aircraft.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev received a letter from US President Joseph Biden with congratulations on the occasion of the Navruz holiday, the Uzbek presidency press service said.

The Islamic Development Bank contributed $200 million for the implementation of the Sustainable Rural Development project.

On March 16, the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade hosted a ceremony of signing an agreement on further support for the activities of the UN multi-partner trust fund for human security for the Aral Sea region in Uzbekistan.

Today the Ministry of Nature Resources together with the UN Development Programme in Uzbekistan (UNDP), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) visited Surkhandarya region to review the results of the joint afforestation project "Master planning and innovative financial solutions to support the implementation of the Yashil Makon Initiative of the Republic of Uzbekistan" engaging Afghan and Uzbek residents with the goal to contribute to socio-economic development of the region.

Uzbekistan received the delivery of the second gas turbine from Japan for a 1500-megawatt thermal power plant under construction in Syrdarya province.

Memorandum of understanding was signed with China's Green & Smart Energy (GSEO) organization in Tashkent. On March 16, Deputy Tashkent Mayor Sharof Rahmonov met with Wu Jianbo, Secretary General of China Green & Smart Energy (GSEO).

25 thousand tons of Russian oil will be delivered to Uzbekistan in March via Kazakhstan. KazTransOil plans to transport 25,000 tons of Russian oil to Uzbekistan in March, Kazinform reported.

On September 14-15, Dushanbe will host the fifth Central Asia Summit and the regular meeting of the Council of Heads of the founding states of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea, the Foreign Ministry of Tajikistan said.

Today on March 16, Shavkat Mirziyoyev made remarks at the extraordinary Turkic Summit in Ankara, Turkey, dedicated to helping and rebuilding the country after the devastating February earthquakes, the Uzbek presidency website said.

Criminal case has been launched against a 23-year-old Dili.me Viner and his friends on suspicion of beating a man, the Prosecutor General's Office said.