The Consulate General of the Republic of Turkey will open in Samarkand city on March 8, the provincial governor’s office said.

On March 4, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will attend the 14th summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), which will be held online, the presidential press service said.

The monument to the scholar Muhammad al-Khwarezmi was inaugurated on March 3 in the Turkish capital Ankara. The monument was erected within the framework of the international program "Khiva - the cultural capital of the Turkic world", the Dunyo news agency reported.

The third Tashkent International Marathon will be held on March 28. The start and finish point will be located at the intersection of Afrosiyob and Beshagach streets near the Humo Arena ice palace, the Athletics Federation reported.

A solid delegation of Belarus, led by the Deputy PM Alexander Subbotin, will visit Uzbekistan on March 3-5, the press service of the Belarusian Embassy in Tashkent reported.

The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that Russia is considering the possibility of producing the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan expects to resume regular flights with Russia in March-April, the situation with coronavirus in the country meets the criteria of the Russian Federation, the Deputy Minister of Transport Jasurbek Choriyev said this at a press briefing on Tuesday.

Uzbekistan hopes that the visit of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Russia will take place in person in 2021, stated on Tuesday the Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov during talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

The regulation on the procedure for conducting anti-corruption expert check of regulations and their drafts was approved by the Minister of Justice, the Ministry reported in a statement.

Firms belonging to the son and brother of the Jizzakh province governor, Ergash Soliev, are involved in the several projects in the province.

On March 2, Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted his adviser on economic development, good governance and international cooperation, Suma Chakrabarti, the presidential press service said.

On March 1-2, the Foreign Minister Kamilov will pay a working visit to the Russian Federation. Negotiations with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov are planned.

On March 1, Minister of Innovative Development Ibrohim Abdurakhmonov hosted the Kazakh Ambassador Darkhan Satybaldy, with the parties discussing Uzbekistan’s anti-coronavirus efforts and cooperation in this area, the ministry said.

The Investigation Department under the Surkhandarya province Police Department has completed the investigation of the criminal case against the blogger Otabek Satoriy and handed over the indictment to the prosecutor's office for further submitting the case to court, the press service of the Investigation Department said.

Uzbekistan Airways has announced the launch of new Istanbul to Fergana and Urgench regular flights, the company said.

The Ministry of Health announced on March 1 that the first vaccine against coronavirus has been registered in Uzbekistan.

A medical complex project by Uzbekistan has been completed in Kubodiyon district in the southern Tajikistan. The complex contains a receptor-distributor for patients with coronavirus.

The Sardoba reservoir has been transferred to the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Water Resources, the spokesman to the Ministry of Water Management Shukhrat Suyunov said.

On March 1-2, the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will pay a working visit to Russia, the Ministry said in a statement.

A booster compressor station has been inaugurated at the Alan field belonging to the Mubarek Oil and Gas Production Department, a Uzbekneftegaz subsidiary.