It is planned to introduce into the Uzbekistan legislation the liability for admitting nepotism when hiring and to expand the circle of relatives who are prohibited from working together in a government organization. A draft bill on this was developed by the Anti-Corruption Agency and was posted for public input until November 30.

On November 15, the President’s special envoy for Afghanistan, Ismatulla Irgashev, at NATO headquarters in Brussels, attended a briefing on the current situation in Afghanistan, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The Tashkent metro and the Russian Transmashholding (TMH) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) as part of the Tashkent metro development concept. This was announced on November 12 by the TMH's press service.

Uzbekistan hopes that the new Afghan authorities can keep their promises and international obligations, they have no other way, the Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov told the Euractiv.

On November 15, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev familiarized himself with the presentation of Tashkent transport infrastructure development projects, the presidential press service said.

Uzbekistan and the European Union are planning to create a hub in Termez for humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Works are ongoing to complete a new airfield complex and to commission new air navigation equipment at the Samarkand international airport. The airport’s closure will be extended until December 15, the Uzbekistan Airports said.

The president Mirziyoyev signed a decree appointing Bakhtiyor Islamov to the position of presidential adviser in charge of coordination of law enforcement and regulatory bodies to replace Rustam Inoyatov, the president’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov said.

The Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization is launching a three-year project in Uzbekistan and KyrgyzstanЖ “Improving access to services for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in primary health care”.

Uzbek and Kazakh military will conduct joint drill at the Termez district training ground from November 17 to 24, the Kazakh Ministry of Defense said in a statement.

UNDP in the frame of the UN Joint Programme on Social Protection in Uzbekistan delivered a capacity building training “Disability data collection, analysis and use”.

Brussels will host a meeting of the Uzbekistan-European Union Cooperation Council on November 15-17, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The temperatures in Uzbekistan will sharply drop from Wednesday, Uzhydromet reported. Reportedly, on November 16, a wet and cold air mass formed over the European territory of Russia (Moscow region) will cover the northern regions of Uzbekistan, and on November 17-18 the entire territory of the country through the Volga region.

The first summit of the Organization of Turkic States, which was created in place of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking States, will be held in 2022 in Uzbekistan. This decision was made at the eighth summit of the Turkic Council in Istanbul on November 12, the presidential press service said.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will hold talks in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week. “The President of Uzbekistan is going to Russia to hold talks with Putin.

Uzbekistan will carry out restoration of the Mazar-i-Sharif international airport, Balkh province, announced the special representative of the President of Uzbekistan for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev addressed the summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking Stateson November 12 in Istanbul , which will henceforth be called the Organization of Turkic States, said the President’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov.

As part of the United States Government’s comprehensive global response against the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) recently allocated an additional $2.5 million to Uzbekistan.

The Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Turkey have begun steps to launch project for an electronic exchange of permit forms (E-permit).

The Russian state oil and gas company Zarubezhneft is considering buying a stake in Jizzakh Petroleum in Uzbekistan, Kommersant said referring to three sources.