The meeting of the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev with business leaders in the format of an open dialogue will take place not on August 20, but on Monday, August 22. This was announced at a briefing on Monday by the president’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has accepted the invitation of the King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and will pay a state visit to Saudi Arabia on August 17-18.

Today, August 12, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit the city of Bekabad, Tashkent province, the president’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov said.

198,957 refrigerators worth 45.2 million US dollars were imported to Uzbekistan in January-June 2022. According to the State Statistics Committee, the import of refrigerators decreased by 1,798 compared to the corresponding period of 2021.

On August 11, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers handed over the suspect to Uzbekistan's Interpol officers at the Tashkent airport.

Currently, the prevalence of iodine deficiency in Uzbekistan is at 31 percent. The figure has decreased by more than 2.5 times in the last 20 years.

The Cabinet of Ministers publishes draft Approval of the national program for the development of seed and seedling cultivation in Uzbekistan in 2022-2026 Resolution.

The Republican Center of Hydrometeorology announced the weather forecast for Tashkent on Friday, August 12. The weather in Tashkent city will be slightly cloudy, precipitation is not expected. The wind will blow from the east at a speed of 3-8 m/s. The temperature will be 18-20 degrees at night and 34-36 degrees during the day.

Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan have confirmed that they are interested in the complete restoration of the process of road transport and the simplification of cargo transportation requirements.

Chiefs of the railway authorities of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan discussed the organization of a new China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan-Afghanistan transport corridor, Uzbekistan Railways said.

A mission from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR), which visited Uzbekistan July 19-21, recommended that a limited mission be sent to the country to observe the referendum to amend the constitution. This is stated in the report of the mission, published on August 5.

On August 3-4, 2022, within the framework of UNDP, UNFPA and FAO Joint Programme "Promoting the creative and innovative potential of youth and vulnerable populations by strengthening their adaptive capacity to solve problems of economic and food security in vulnerable communities of the Aral Sea province", a joint event was held to launch the UNDP project "Improving health care in the Aral Sea province by providing access to safe drinking water in rural areas", funded by The Coca-Cola Foundation.

Military drill organized by the US Central Command commenced in Tajikistan on August 10, the US Embassy in Tajikistan said. U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan John Mark Pommersheim welcomed the participants in the Regional Cooperation 2022 military exercise, which will run through August 20.

Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade Jamshid Khojaev hosted the U.S. Ambassador Daniel Rosenblum on Wednesday.

Today, the chief of the presidential administration Sardor Umurzakov introduced the new chairman of the Supreme Court to the team. A source told the Tashkent Times that the meeting is being held in a spirit of criticism.

In a container from Uzbekistan, which arrived at the port of Novorossiysk, Russian customs officers found more than a ton of garmala. Afterwards, it was supposed to be sent on a dry cargo ship to one of the countries of the Middle East, the Kuban 24 TV channel reported.

On August 10, 2022, UNDP jointly with the Center of Hydrometeorological Service of Uzbekistan (Uzhydromet), organized an event to discuss the results of the baseline study and increase the understanding and awareness of employees of state agencies about possible risks and threats, caused by climate change.

Kazakh air carriers are working to increase the number of flights to Uzbekistan and China, the inbusiness.kz business review said. Executives of Air Astana, Qazaq Air and SCAT spoke about this at an online conference moderated by Deputy Head of the Kazakh Civil Aviation Committee Saltanat Tompiyeva. They also reported on the restoration of regular flights with other countries.

On August 8, the special representative of the President of Uzbekistan on foreign policy issues, Abdulaziz Kamilov, called the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, Prince Faisal bin Farhan. This was reported by the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Uzbekistan imported 13,200 tons of tea from China in 6 months, the State Statistics Committee said in a report. In January-June 2022, Uzbekistan imported 16.1 thousand tons of tea from 21 foreign countries worth total of 21.8 million US dollars.