President Shavkat Mirziyoyev extended condolences to the US President Donald Trump in connection with human losses and injuries, as well as significant destruction following a tornado in the central and southern states of the United States, the president’ spokesman Sherzod Asadov said today.

The Foreign Minister’s Adviser Munira Aminova hosted the Israeli Ambassador Gideon Lustig Monday. According to the Foreign Ministry, the parties focused on the ways to expand cooperation in the trade, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, education and innovation. 

A memorandum of cooperation was signed between the Alabuga Special Economic Zone (SEZ) of Tatarstan and the Uzbek Migration Agency. The leadership of the Agency met with some Uzbeks hired at the SEZ and familiarized themselves with their living and working conditions. Reportedly, 1,150 Uzbeks are working in the economic zone.

Bill could be adopted in Uzbekistan on protection of one’s rights to one's images, eith the Ministry of Justice publishing the bill for public input Monday.

The Deputy Foreign Minister Olim Abdullaev hosted the Ambassador of Slovakia Viktor Borecky today. According to the Foreign Ministry, the parties discussed the organization of hiring Uzbeks to Slovakia, the development and strengthening of the relevant legislative framework, and focusing to attracting Slovakian specialists to train skilled personnel in Uzbekistan.

The Cabinet of Ministers has handed over to the Legislative Chamber a draft amendment to increase the speed limit margin from 5 to 10 km/h.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed Fundamental reforms in the field of heat supply to residential and administrative buildings and increasing their energy efficiency Decree Wednesday.

The Andijan International Airport received the first technical flight of Uzbekistan Airways from Tashkent on March 15. This marked the completion of the first phase of the full reconstruction and modernization of the airport, which began on April 1, 2023. The airport will soon begin receiving regular flights.

Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the speaker of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin, the presidential press service said.

Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov proposed that Central Asian countries should adopt a visa-free among themselves and announce a Central Asian Schengen after the agreement on the state border was signed with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon.

The public transport system of Namangan and Nukus will be improved in cooperation with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

Uzbekistan and France have signed a $5 million framework agreement to draft a rare minerals project, the Ministry of Mining and Geology said.

The speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin landed in Uzbekistan on an official visit today. He is scheduled to be received by the President Mirziyoyev and to hold meeting in both chambers of the Parliament.

The Director General of the Expertise France Jérémie Pellet will visit Tashkent on March 17-18, the French Development Agency (AFD) said Thursday.

The presidents of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan signed a deal on Thursday on demarcating their shared frontier, seeking to end a long-running border conflict that has seen dozens killed in skirmishes in recent years.

The Uzsuvtaminot and the French Suez signed an agreement on the modernization of the water supply system in the Surkhandarya province, the company's press service said.

During his trip to Paris, Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended the meeting with the CEOs of major French companies, the presidential press service said on Wednesday.

Orano and Navoiyuran announce an agreement laying the foundations for the industrial development of the South Djengeldi uranium mining project of their joint venture Nurlikum Mining. 

The sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua) is one of the most ancient herbs used by the Chinese and Europeans for millennia. In 2015, the Chinese Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for isolating the sweet wormwood’s active ingredient, artemisinin, which cured malaria with 100% efficiency.

Following the bilateral talks, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the President of France Emmanuel Macron in Paris signed a Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership Wednesday.