Austria donated 150 thousand AstraZeneca vaccine shots to Uzbekistan to combat COVID-19, Dunyo news agency reported.

Today, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the visiting Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO) Kunio Mikuriya, the presidential press service said.

The Kazakh company, Astana Motors, is considering the construction of a plant for the production of Hyundai cars in Uzbekistan. This was announced on November 26 to the III Forum of Interregional Cooperation between the countries by the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin.

Today, Ms. Matilda Dimovska, Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Uzbekistan, H.E. Mr. Yoshinori Fujiyama, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Uzbekistan and Mr. Yu Yu, Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Uzbekistan paid a visit to the Republic of Karakalpakstan.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a working visit to Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on November 28 to attend the 15th summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization, the presidential press service said.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$161 million loan to help develop an integrated wastewater management system in Tashkent Province in Uzbekistan that will improve access to reliable water supply and sanitation services.

On November 25, in the Bostanlyk district of the Tashkent province, the Pskem river bed was blocked for the construction of the Pskem hydroelectric power station, the Gazeta.uz correspondent reports. During construction, which is being carried out by the Uzbekhydroenergo company, the water of the river will pass through an underground tunnel about 10 km long.

On November 24, a delegation of the Tajik National Guard headed by the commander of the guard, Lieutenant General Bobojon Jamolzoda, paid a maiden official visit to Uzbekistan.

The Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered to sign from the Russian side an agreement between the governments of Uzbekistan and Russia on the opening of representative offices of the customs authorities of the two countries.

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) signed a new program of cooperation in Central Asia for 2022-2025 with the ministries of foreign affairs of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan on Wednesday in Tashkent.

Uzbekistan Airports, on the initiative of the Ministry of Transport, is creating a subsidiary airline Silk Avia for domestic flights. The new carrier plans to launch flights next year, Uzbekistan Airports said.

The German Siemens produces low and high voltage electrical products in Uzbekistan. An agreement was reached during the visit of the chairman of Uzeltehsanoat Association M. Yunusov and company officials to Germany, the Association said.

The amount of e-waste in landfills in the CIS has grown by half over 10 years, with most accumulated in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

The defense ministries of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan signed an agreement that includes a number of military cooperation events, the Uzbek Ministry of Defense said.

A branch of the University of Pisa (Italy) will open in Tashkent. This is stated in the Cabinet of Ministers’ resolution dated November 24, the Ministry of Justice said.

The UK Foreign Office (FCO) released a report on the human rights situation in more than 30 countries for the first half of 2021.

Temur’s (Tamerlane) victory over the Golden Horde’s Khan Tokhtamysh near present-day Samara more than 600 years ago could be immortalized in stone.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will conduct nuclear energy management courses in Tashkent from November 22 to December 3, Dunyo news agency reported.

On November 22, the Deputy PM/Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Sardor Umurzakov hosted a delegation led by Minister of Trade and Integration of Kazakhstan Bakhit Sultanov.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit three more countries before the year-end. The President also spoke about his visit to Russia and his planned trips.