The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Precious Metals and Precious Stones Bill into Law on Tuesday, the Ministry of Justice said in a statement.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov hosted the newly appointed German Ambassador Tilo Klinner on August 24, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is ready to cooperate with Uzbekistan, but of the country, stated the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas on Monday at the online summit.

Switzerland donated 1 million 145 thousand medical masks of the second level of protection (FFP2) to Uzbekistan. The cargo was delivered to Tashkent airport on Monday, the Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health Authority said.

Today, the U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID) hosted a Women’s Summit entitled, ‘The Power of Women: Growth Trends of Post-Pandemic and Beyond’ for women leaders, entrepreneurs, women-owned small-and-medium-sized enterprises, activists, influencers, bloggers, women-led business associations, and relevant non-government organizations.

On August 23, the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov held an online meeting with the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Adel al-Jubeir, the Foreign Ministry reported.

On August 23, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended as an invited guest in an extraordinary online meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on the situation in Afghanistan, the presidential press service reported.

The Deputy PM/Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade Sardor Umurzakov hosted the Deputy PM of the Russian Federation Alexei Overchuk  Monday.

Today, 23 August, Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Emomali Rahmon discussed the situation in Afghanistan over the phone, the Tajikistan presidency website said in a statement.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will attend as a guest the online summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on August 23, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

On August 19, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Additional measures to support freight carriers Decree on Saturday.

Bo Andersson from Sweden has been appointed as the new director general of UzAuto Motors and UzAuto Motors Powertrain, the Uzavtosanoat said in a statement.

The German Embassy in Tashkent announced the closure of its visa section until further notice. The diplomatic mission linked this with "the current extraordinary situation," the Embassy said in a statement.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Uzbekistan agreed to expand collaboration to support agricultural development in Uzbekistan.

The Ministry of Health reported of a record daily 855 people diagnosed with coronavirus and 371 with pneumonia in Uzbekistan yesterday. "As of August 17, 2021, the number of registered coronavirus infections in Uzbekistan stands at 149,058 (+851)," the report said.

A batch of 3 million doses of the Chinese-Uzbek COVID vaccine, ZF-UZ-VAC2001 was delivered from China to Uzbekistan on Sunday evening, the Ministry of Health said.

Uzbekistan is cooperating with a number of countries on the evacuation of their nationals from Afghanistan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

The government issued a decision appointing Bekhzot Normatov as the new chairman of Uztransgaz replacing Ulugbek Sayidov, the Ministry of Energy said in a statement.

The First Deputy Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade Laziz Kudratov has been appointed the Director General of the newly created Strategic Development Agency.

The Defense Industry Committee is planning to attract Chinese technologies in joint projects, the Committee said in a statement.