At 00:00 on August 1, the nationwide discussion of amendments to the Constitution of Uzbekistan ended. It has been ongoing since June 25th.

The Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combine (NMMC) has drawn a $1.2 billion loan from an international consortium of banks to implement an investment program, the press service of the plant reported.

For the first time, trilateral talks between the heads of the ministries of foreign affairs, trade and transport of Uzbekistan, Turkey and Azerbaijan will be held in Tashkent this week. This was announced at a briefing on Monday by the president’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov.

On July 28, as part of the visit of the Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu to Uzbekistan, a meeting was held with the Commander of the National Guard, Major General Rustam Juraev.

Acting Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov, following the SCO Foreign Ministers meeting, spoke about how the expansion of the organization was progressing.

Cloudiness is expected to increase over the weekend in Uzbekistan, with dry weather still to continue over most of the territory. Only in the foothills and mountainous areas, on Saturday, July 30 in the Tashkent province and on Sunday, July 31 in the Ferghana Valley, short-term rains and thunderstorms are possible in places.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the heads of delegations of the SCO member states attending the SCO Foreign Ministers Council meeting in Tashkent.

Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who is participating in the events of the SCO Foreign Ministers Council meeting in Tashkent, the presidential press service said.

Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the Minister of Internal Affairs of Turkey, Süleyman Soylu, who arrived in Uzbekistan on an official visit.

The U.S. Senate has approved the candidacy of Jonathan Henick for the position of the U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan. The relevant decision was published on the website of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Safe Migration in Central Asia activity and the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) in partnership with the National Commission on Combating Trafficking in Persons (CTIP Commission) and Forced Labor of the Republic of Uzbekistan organized an international conference on combating trafficking in persons (CTIP).

Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the member of the State Council of the People's Republic of China/Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi, who arrived in Uzbekistan to attend the SCO Foreign Ministers Council meeting.

Last year, the average monthly salary paid in Uzbekistan was at 2.7 million soums. The salaries paid by agricultural and small business entities were also taken into account. Earlier, it was said that without taking these two categories into account, the average salary in 2021 was at 3.2 million soums.

Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states will be held in Tashkent On July 28-29, Dunyo reported.

The Statistics Committee reported on Uzbekistan demographic figures. Reportedly, as of July 1, 2022, the population of the country stood at 35.6 million people, with 17.7 million females and 17.9 million males.

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Tashkent, the Russian embassy in Tashkent said. At the airport, the Russian minister was welcomed by the Interim Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Vladimir Norov.

On July 25-27, the government delegation of Uzbekistan on labor migration paid a working visit to Israel, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry reported.

Russia handed over to Uzbekistan, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan test systems for the detection of monkeypox, produced by the Vector scientific center, the Rospotrebnadzor reported.

19 children, left without parental care in Russia, left unattended and in need of help were brought back to Uzbekistan with the assistance of the relevant authorities.

Lieutenant General Abdusalom Azizov, chairman of the State Security Service of Uzbekistan, attended the conference of special services of the Turkic states.