On September 20, the Senate Committees on Science, Education and Health, Youth, Culture and Sports and Women and Gender Equality hosted a roundtable discussion on the draft Bill "Transplantation of human organs and tissues" at the Republican Specialized Surgical Research Medical Center named after Academician V.Vakhidov.

Uzbekistan will restore road and rail transport links with Afghanistan, stated the special representative of the President of Uzbekistan for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev.

A presentation of the Daryo bo'yi Business City project was held in June this year. The project envisages the narrowing of the Chirchik river bed and the construction of various infrastructure facilities on the newly opened territory.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today made a video address for the 76th session of the UN General Assembly. Shavkat Mirziyoyev touched upon the situation in Afghanistan and emphasized that this country is an integral part of the Central Asia.

On September 20, Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with the first President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, the presidential press service said.

The investment company UzAssets under the State Asset Management Agency announced intention to sell the government’s block of shares in the Trest-12 company through a competitive bidding process.

Moscow is not urging Tashkent to join the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), where the country has an observer status, stated by the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko, TASS reported.

On September 21, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will attend the opening of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly online, announced the presidential spokesman Sherzod Asadov said.

Uzbekistan and Russia share interests in ensuring stability and security in Central Asia, said First Deputy Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Farkhod Arziev at the opening of the conference “Uzbekistan and Russia in the face the challenges of development and security at a new historical stage of cooperation”, organized in the capital by Institute of Strategic and Interregional Studies and the Valdai club.

On September 20, the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov hosted the Swedish Ambassador to Uzbekistan Ingrid Tersman on the occasion of the completion of her diplomatic posting in the country, the Uzbek foreign ministry said.

On September 19, 501 coronavirus cases were recorded in Uzbekistan - this is the lowest daily record in the two months. "As of September 19, 2021, the number of registered coronavirus infections in Uzbekistan stands at 168,938 (+501)," the report said.

Uzbek military will take part in the SCO’s Peace Mission drills. The drills will involve military personnel from Uzbekistan, China, Russia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Belarus.

The National anti-coronavirus commission has authorized weddings and other family events from September 20 with up to 100 participants, announced on Monday the Ministry of Health. While, it will still be imperative to comply with the established sanitary and hygienic restrictions.

The visit of the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Russia is expected in 2021, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said on Monday in Tashkent.

On September 18, a presentation of uniforms and service cars of Ecopolice was held in Tashkent’s Ecopark, the Tashkent City Police Department (TCPD).

The National anti-coronavirus commission at a regular meeting discussed the "creating conditions for cultural and spiritual leisure, as well as recreation by relaxing lockdown restrictions, the Ministry of Health said on Monday.

From September 24 to October 5, the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Uzbekistan will hold the "Korea Week 2021" with an aim to expand the cultural and spiritual ties of the peoples and strengthening cooperation between of the two countries.

A new investment by IFC will help smaller businesses in Uzbekistan boost their access to finance, develop the country’s green banking capacity and support privatization in the country’s banking sector.

Uzbekistan Railways has bought one more Afrosiyob (Talgo) high-speed electric train, the company said. As per the deal entered into between the Spanish Patentes Talgo S.L.U. and Uzbekiston Temir Yullari JSC, another rolling stock of the Afrosiyob electric train is currently halfway to Uzbekistan. 

On September 15-16, the head of the National Security Bureau (BBN) under the President of Poland Paweł Solokh visited Uzbekistan on an official trip.