The Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov today hosted the newly appointed Ambassador of Russia Oleg Malginov, who replaced Vladimir Tyurdenev, who had served as ambassador to Tashkent since 2009, the Foreign Ministry said.

Experts related details of the creation of the ZF-UZ-VAC2001 coronavirus vaccine. According to the Ministry of Innovative Development, the ZF-UZ-VAC2001 vaccine against COVID-19 is a vaccine with an adjuvant of the COVID-19 protein subunit, developed by Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutical in collaboration with the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMCAS) and the Center of Advanced Technologies.

Kuwait's Jazeera Airways has received a permit to operate regular flights to Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Transport said in a statement.

The State Asset Management Agency (SAMA) announced the start of accepting bids to buy the former central building of the State Security Service in Tashkent.

On April 10, the Uzbekistan government delegation, headed by the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, who arrived in Doha on a working visit, met with the head of the political office of the Taliban movement in Qatar, Mullah Baradar Akhund, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree on measures to develop renewable and hydrogen energy in Uzbekistan. The document approved the establishment of the National Research Institute of Renewable Energy Sources under the Ministry of Energy in place of the International Institute of Solar Energy LLC of the Academy of Sciences.

The Ministry of Health has announced that for the first time since the beginning of the year, the number of coronavirus cases in Uzbekistan surpassed 200.

On Saturday, April 10, a The EU’s special system of preferences for sustainable development and good governance (GSP +) will take effect for Uzbekistan, to which Uzbekistan was admitted as a beneficiary country under the General Scheme of Preferences (GSP).

The Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Swedish Foreign Minister Anne Christine Linde is expected to visit Uzbekistan on April 13-14, announced at a briefing today the spokesman to the President of Uzbekistan Sherzod Asadov. Ann Christine Linde is scheduled to be hosted by the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

On April 10-11, 2021, the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will pay a working visit to Qatar, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a visit to South Korea and Russia in the coming months. The OSCE Chairman-in-Office will arrive in Uzbekistan next week, as well as online summit will be held with the Prime Minister of Pakistan.

The Senate will convene for the fourteenth plenary session on April 23, the upper house of parliament said. At the online session, it is planned to review:

The governors of Kashkadarya province Zoir Mirzaev and Navoi province Kobil Tursunov wre reprimanded. During yesterday's online government meeting, the prosecutor of the Kashkadarya province, the head of the provincial police department, and the prosecutor of Navoi province were also reprimanded.

An online summit of the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is scheduled for next week, the spokesman to the President of Uzbekistan Sherzod Asadov told reporters at a briefing on Friday.

The Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education and the Swiss Embassy in Uzbekistan are implementing a project to support vocational education reform. The project is designed for 2021-2033, the Ministry of Higher Education said.

The President of Uzbekistan signed a decree appointing Gairat Fazilov as the Deputy Foreign Minister on April 8, the Foreign Ministry said.

The procedure for expanding the network of cinemas was approved by the president’s Measures to elevate the cinema and film industry to a qualitatively new level and to further improve the system of state support to the industry Decree.

The localization program will allow Uzbekistan before the year-end to organize the production of import-substituting products worth over US$ 3 billion and increase exports by US$ 1 billion, said the Deputy PM/Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade Sardor Umurzakov at the opening of the international industrial exhibition INNOPROM in Tashkent on April 5.

The president signed the Measures to further improve the system of governance in the fields of tourism, sports and cultural heritage Decree establishing the Cultural Heritage Agency was under the Ministry of Tourism and Sports.

Uzbekistan has become "the first and only country to successfully launch mandatory digital labeling of beer in the CIS countries," the State Tax Committee said.