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.

On November 23, 2021, Tashkent hosted an international conference on Sustainable Development Goals and New Tools for Resource Mobilization. The event was organized by UNDP within the framework of the UN Joint Programme “Establishment of an Integrated National Financing Framework for Sustainable Development in Uzbekistan” together with the Senate of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction.

The ministerial meeting in the EU-Central Asiaformat took place on November 22 in Dushanbe. The meeting was attended by the foreign ministers of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell.

After his election, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev began his first visit to the territories from the Shayhantahur district of Tashkent. The head of state is walking around Sarkhumdon and Gulobod mahallas to get acquainted with the conditions there.

A delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture of Uzbekistan held talks at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England. According to the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture, the purpose of the visit was to work out educational programs and other issues for the International Agricultural University, which is being created in Uzbekistan.

Natural disasters in Uzbekistan affect an average of 1.4 million people annually and cause almost US$ 3 billion worth of damage, the Ministry of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction said.

On November 22, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Organizational measures to develop a program of administrative reforms in New Uzbekistan for 2022-2023 Order.

On November 22, the Minister of Defense of Uzbekistan, the Lieutenant General Bakhodir Kurbanov, hosted a military delegation headed by the Minister of Defense of Kazakhstan, Lieutenant General Murat Bektanov.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has set a goal to increase the capacity of solar and wind power plants in Uzbekistan to 8,000 MW by 2026, the presidential press service said. Previously, this figure was planned to be reached by 2030.

On November 20, the launch ceremony of the small hydroelectric power station Zarchob-2 with a capacity of 38.2 MW was held in the Sariasiyo district of Surkhandarya province. The new station will be able to provide electricity to 40 households. In April, the Zarchob-1 HPP with a capacity of 37.4 MW was launched.

The member states of the Asia-Pacific Regional Group unanimously supported the candidacy of the Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva, Ulugbek Lapasov, for the post of Deputy Chairman of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) for 2022, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

The Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will attend the next ministerial meeting in the EU-Central Asia format in Dushanbe, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The U.S. Embassy in Tashkent and the U.S. Department of the Interior co-sponsored the first of three sessions for the Ambassador’s Water Experts Program (AWEP) in Uzbekistan.  The event, which focused on specific issues around agricultural water, included 94 participants from Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers (TIIAME), and its Bukhara and Karshi branches, the Scientific Research Institute of Irrigation and Water Problems, and the Ministry of Water Resources. 

Uzbekistan exported over 26 thousand tons of fruits and vegetables to Afghanistan, the State Statistics Committee said in a report. Reportedly, in total Uzbekistan exported 1.2 million tons of fruits and vegetables worth $ 747.4 million in January-October 2021.

On November 15, 2021 Business Women’s Association of Uzbekistan "Tadbirkor Ayol" (Association) has launched a large educational campaign aimed at providing new opportunities for women willing to realize their entrepreneurial ideas. As part of this campaign, the Association, with the support of UNDP in Uzbekistan, organized an international conference “Successful approaches to economic rights and opportunities for women: the experience of Uzbekistan and the world community” held on 19 November 2021.

Uzbekistan's international trade reached US$ 32.6 billion in January-October 2021, recording an increase of US$ 2.5 billion, or 8.5%, the State Statistics Committee said in a report.

Meeting of the Executive Council of the Olympic Council of Asia took place on November 20 and 21, as well as negotiations with the Chairman of the General Directorate of Sports of the UAE. The Vice-President of the Olympic Council of Asia Otabek Umarov said on his Telegram channel yesterday.

The light-armored vehicle Qalqon (Shield), which was created at one of the enterprises of the military-industrial complex, has successfully passed all practical tests, the State Defense Industry Committee said in a statement.

Consortium EDF – Nebras Power – Sojizt Corporation was announced today as the winning bidder following an international tender for a 1,200–1,600-megawatt combined cycle gas turbine power plant to be built in Uzbekistan’s Syrdarya province.