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The Uzbek delegation led by the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will attend the meeting of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers, which will be held April 1-2, 2021 in Moscow.

On March 30, the Kuksaroy residence hosted an official welcoming ceremony for the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who arrived in Uzbekistan on an official visit yesterday, the Uzbek presidency website reported.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed decree on March 29 appointing Shokhrukh Shorakhmetov as the chairman of Antimonopoly Committee of Uzbekistan.

The Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán today landed in Uzbekistan on an official visit. At the Tashkent International Airport, he and his wife were welcomed by the Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov.

On March 28, Uzbekistan again recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases in recent months - 196 people, the Ministry of Health said. 

Electric vehicles could get separate license plates in proposed draft resolution published by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The discussion of the draft will run through April 11.

Uzbekistan Airways has changed the baggage rules to the piece concept, previously the weight concept (by weight) was in effect, the company said in a statement.

On March 28, at about 15.00, an anti-LGBT protest took place in downtown Tashkent. In the evening, the Tashkent city police department (TPD) reported of the arrest of 12 people and the initiation of a criminal case by the Mirabad district police department on the grounds of part 2 of article 277 "Minor Misconduct" of the Criminal Code. 

On March 30, 2021, a delegation of Uzbekistan headed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulaziz Kamilov will visit Dushanbe (Tajikistan) to attend the ninth ministerial conference of the Heart of Asia - Istanbul Process Dialogue.

Almost as many new cases of coronavirus infection have been detected daily in Uzbekistan as in June-July last year. According to the latest data from the Ministry of Health, on March 26 this year, 186 people were tested positive for coronavirus in Uzbekistan. The total number of registered cases stands at 82,146.

The Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will visit Uzbekistan on March 30 and meet with the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, About Hungary reported.

The Uzbek-Chinese vaccine ZF-UZ-VAC2001 was today delivered to Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Innovative Development said. According to the Sanitary and Epidemiological Service and Public Health, the delivery of the 1 million doses were received in Tashkent.

On March 26, the Deputy PM/Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade S. Umurzakov held a meeting with the newly appointed head of the European Union (EU) delegation to Uzbekistan Charlotte Adrian, the ministry said.

On March 26, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the Kyrgyz PM Ulukbek Maripov, who landed in Tashkent to attend the next meeting of the Joint Commission on Bilateral Cooperation, the presidential press service said.

The U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, in partnership with the Ministry of Public Education of Uzbekistan officially opened the American Corner at the Barkamol Avlod Community Center in Qarshi to the public. Deputy Minister of Public Education Rustam Karimjanov and U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan Daniel Rosenblum delivered welcoming remarks and unveiled the American Corner Qarshi in a ribbon cutting ceremony.

85 electric vehicles worth US$ 1.5 million were imported to Uzbekistan in January-February 2021. This is by 78 units more than in the same period last year, the State Statistics Committee reported.

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by representatives of the Ministry of Finance of Uzbekistan and UNDP Wednesday, which will serve to ensure better alignment of the issuance of Eurobonds with efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and build transparency and accountability for national public and investors.

On March 25, 2021, an online meeting was held between Alisher Maqsudov, Chairman of the State Committee for Ecology and Environmental Protection, and Frank Reisberman, Director of The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI).

From April 1, Russia will resume flights with six countries: Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Germany, Venezuela, Syria and Sri Lanka, the press service of the Russian government said following a meeting of the operational anti-coronavirus headquarters.

1 million doses of ZF-UZ-VAC2001 vaccine will be delivered to Uzbekistan from China on March 26-27. “As a doctor, I can say that we have high hopes for the Uzbek-Chinese vaccine ZF-UZ-VAC2001,” Doniyor Mirazimov, director of the Specialized Infectious Diseases Hospital No. 2 of Zangiota District, Tashkent province told Kun.uz.