At a government meeting on the development of carmaking industry on February 14, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev pointed to the need for a phased zeroing of customs duties on car imports.

Uzbekistan has begun implementing elements of the Vision Zero strategy, which involves reducing road deaths to zero. This was stated at a meeting of the parliamentary commission on last Friday in the Senate by Deputy Interior Minister/head of Department of Public Security Bekmurod Abdullayev.

During the visit of the Uzbek government and business delegation to Iran, Deputy PM/Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Sardor Umrzakov met with Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi in Tehran.

On February 19, Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov and the U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken exchanged congratulatory messages on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, announced the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yusup Kabulzhanov.

From February 19, warming will continue across the territory of Uzbekistan, which began yesterday, the press service of Uzhydromet reported.

On February 18, MPs of the Legislative Chamber reviewed and approved the candidacies of two members of the government, the press service of the Chamber said.

UNHCR sent 20 tons of humanitarian assistance with core relief items from the Termez Cargo Centre, Uzbekistan, to Tajikistan. The delivery is part of UNHCR’s efforts to assist the Government of Tajikistan in preparation to the possible refugee influx from Afghanistan.

The President signed the Additional measures for the further development of Tashkent city public transport Decree. According to the Road Map of the Tashkent City Public Transport Development Concept until 2025, it is planned to integrate all existing intersections in Tashkent into an automated traffic management system.

Navruz holiday in 2022 will be held in Uzbekistan as a nationwide sayil under the motto “Assalom, Navruz the holiday of renewal and kindness, honor and dignity!” This is stated in the presidential decree of February 17.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed Additional measures to support persons with disabilities and categories of the population in need of social protection Decree Thursday, the Ministry of Finance and Uzbekistan 24 channel reported.

272 coronavirus cases were officially confirmed in Uzbekistan on February 17, the Ministry of Health said. 107 cases were detected in Tashkent city, 49 cases were confirmed in Tashkent province.

Fazliddin Umarov was appointed Samarkand city mayor at an extraordinary session of the city council of people's deputies on Thursday, the provincial governor’s office said in a statement.

The Ministry of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction (MEDPR) of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the World Bank, and the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia (CAREC) held today the last meeting in a series of 11 policy dialogue roundtables on Green Growth and Climate Change. The event focused on the development of a strategic framework to accelerate Uzbekistan on a path to green transition.

On February 17, President chaired a government meeting on the further improvement of customs administration in 2022 and the goals for transforming the area into a corruption-free system.

Rising star Nodirbek Abdusattorov will face Anish Giri and Levon Aronian in first rounds of the $150,000 Airthings Masters online rapid chess tournament beginning on Saturday.

Japanese Ambassador to Uzbekistan Yoshinori Fujiyama and Regional Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Ashita Mittal on February 17 in Tashkent signed exchange notes worth a total of 471 million yen (about $4.1 million) under the project “Expanding cross-border cooperation within the region by strengthening the functions of the Border Cooperation Offices in Central Asia”, the Japanese Embassy to Uzbekistan said in a statement.

On February 17, the UNICEF delivered 2,822,400 doses of Moderna vaccine to Uzbekistan as part of the COVAX program, bringing the total number of COVID-19 vaccines donated to Uzbekistan to 12.7 million doses worth a total of $97.4 million, the UNICEF office in Uzbekistan reported.

A gold mine of 1,643 hectares between the mountains in Urgut district has been put up for sale. The Kyzylturik gold deposit, located in the Zarafshan-Gissar mountain range, 35 kilometers from Urgut city, has been put up for sale with a starting price of 23 billion 651 million soums, or US$ 2.1 million.

On February 16, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Measures to establish protected natural areas Resolution. As per the document, Central Kyzylkum natural park on a total area of ​​1.2 million hectares will be formed in the Uchkuduk district of the Navoi province, and Aktau-Tamdy state reserve in the Tamdy district on a total area of ​​40,000 hectares.

241 coronavirus cases were officially confirmed in Uzbekistan on February 16, the Ministry of Health said. 94 cases were detected in Tashkent city, 60 cases were confirmed in Tashkent province.