President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a telephone conversation with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the presidential press service said in a statement on Thursday.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan on Wednesday evening issued a statement in connection with the events in neighboring Kazakhstan.

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Romania to Uzbekistan H.E. Mr. Daniel Cristian Ciobanu is honored to announce that 1 January 2022 marks the 15th anniversary of Romania's membership in the European Union. On January 1, 2007, after successful negotiations, Romania became a full member of the European Union.

The Alisher Navoi International Institute will be established to promote the Uzbek language, culture and national traditions in foreign countries, and to strengthen humanitarian ties.

Uzbekistan will step up cultural and humanitarian cooperation with the UN and its specialized agencies. This is stipulated in the draft Roadmap of the development strategy for 2022-2026 to be implemented in 2022.

Gasoline imports increased by 112 million liters, the State Statistics Committee said in a report. Reportedly, in January-November 2021, Uzbekistan imported 308.4 million liters of gasoline worth $ 115.3 million.

Uzbekistan plans to expand strategic and comprehensive cooperation with the United States, Canada and the American States.

Uzbekistan is set for a busy 2022 on the diplomatic front that will see the country host several international summits and events.

The caretaker government of the Taliban began negotiations on the return of helicopters that were hijacked to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan during the fall of the previous regime, Inamulla Samangani, deputy spokesman of the caretaker Taliban government told at a press briefing.

As per the draft road map of the Development Strategy for 2022-2026, this year the Uzbek leader is scheduled to visit Belgium, UK, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Poland and Scandinavian countries.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev went on short vacation on 5 January, announced the presidential spokesman Sherzod Asadov. The head of state was also on short vacation last year in early January.

A nationwide wave of protests that began in western Kazakhstan has reached the country’s commercial capital, Almaty, where thousands of demonstrators clashed overnight January 4 with riot police wielding shields, tear gas and stun grenades. After hours of unrest, the president declared a state of emergency in the city and other parts of the country.

From January 1, 2022, the government bodies will not be entitled to demand several types of documents from Uzbeks. This is stipulated in the president’s Measures to improve the infrastructure for the provision of public services and expand the opportunities for the population to use government services Decree.

One of the items of the draft Roadmap of the Development Strategy for 2022-2026 proposed to open new consulates of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2022.

The contract was signed between Dadajon Isakulov, President of National Electric Grid of Uzbekistan and Hafiz Mohammad Amin, Chief Executive Officer of Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS). This agreement has been signed following two days of talks between the two parties.

One of the items of the draft Roadmap of the Development Strategy for 2022-2026 to be implemented in 2022 proposed to provide free meals to primary school students in some provinces of Uzbekistan.

It is planned to further develop and support private health sector. This is stated in one of the items of the draft Roadmap of the Development Strategy for 2022-2026 to be implemented in 2022.

The President signed the Measures to expedite greening and further effective organization of tree protection in the republic Decree.

As per the order of the Foreign Minister of Romania, Bogdan Aurescu, this country made two voluntary contributions to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) worth total of 60 thousand euros for projects in Uzbekistan, the Romanian Ambassador to Tashkent Daniel Christian Ciobanu said.

It is planned to improve the activities of the patrol police, including by abolition of procedure of taking individuals for check through introduction of modern ITs.