Today, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, the Homeland Security Adviser to the U.S. President Joe Biden, attended the next of the Central Asia-USA format meeting (C5+1) in Tashkent.

Today, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the visiting member of the State Council/ Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China Wang Yi, the presidential press service said.

In August and September, the military units of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan will hold a series of joint drills with their Russian counterparts on the border with Afghanistan.

The Central Asia-USA (C5+1) format is a unique model for the development of cooperation in the region, said the Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov at a regular of the C5+1format meeting today in Tashkent.

Another batch of 90,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine was delivered to Uzbekistan from Russia, the Ministry of Health said. The delivery included 70 thousand doses of the first component and 20 thousand doses of the second component of the jab.

Uzbekistan will receive 4.82 million doses of vaccines in the coming months, the MP of the Legislative Chamber Doniyor Ganiev said.

On July 13, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev got acquainted with a presentation on new digital technologies, the presidential press service said in a statement.

Today, the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu landed in Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports said.

The United States is sending a high-level delegation to attend the conference “Central and South Asia: Regional Connectivity. Challenges and Opportunities” in Tashkent on July 15-16.

The Ministry of Health reported of 491 people being diagnosed with coronavirus and over 300 with pneumonia in Uzbekistan yesterday. "As of July 13, 2021, the number of registered coronavirus infections in Uzbekistan stands at 117,409 (+491)," the report said.

The Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov met with the Foreign Ministers of Pakistan, Afghanistan and India in Dushanbe.

Mudslide descended to Kasansay district of Namangan province due to heavy rains in Jalal-Abad province of Kyrgyzstan on July 13 at about 13:30, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said.

The Tashkent Metro is buying 10 Russian sets of rail cars total worth of 63.3 million euros, as stated in the project feasibility study (FS), approved by the government decree of July 12 (PKM # 435).

Eid al-Ahda will be celebrated in Uzbekistan on July 20. While May 21-22 were also announced as non-business days, according to the Presidential decree which set non-working days for 2021.

On July 13-14, a government delegation led by the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will visit Tajikistan to attend the next meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states in Dushanbe, the Foreign Ministry said.

The Ministry of Health reported of 497 people being diagnosed with coronavirus and 283 with pneumonia in Uzbekistan yesterday. "As of July 12, 2021, the number of registered coronavirus infections in Uzbekistan stands at 116,918 (+497)," the report said.

On July 12, the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov hosted the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Nepal, Bharat Raj Podyal, who arrived in Tashkent to attend the international conference “Central and South Asia: Regional Connectivity. Challenges and Opportunities”.

Uzbek pop star and politician Jahongir Otajonov says he has quit running in the presidential campaign weeks after he and his colleagues were attacked by unknown individuals for organizing a session of the banned opposition Erk (Freedom) party.

A new publication ‘Cost of Doing Business in Uzbekistan 2021’ provides a “one-stop-shop” for investors looking for an authoritative source for startups and established businesses. Initiated by the Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Cost of Doing Business in Uzbekistan 2021 was released today in cooperation with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), PricewaterhouseCoopers, and the United Nations Development Programme.

The National Olympic Committee of Uzbekistan has published the list of athletes who will take part in the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. The competition, postponed for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, will be held in the Japanese capital from July 23 to August 8.