Thursday, 28, March, 2024

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President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree Saturday raising wages to budget-financed organizations from November 1, as well as pensions, scholarships and benefits by an average of 10%.

The defense ministers of Uzbekistan and Russia signed an agreement on the use of the airspaces of the two countries by military aircrafts.

The Day of German Unity was marked on 10 October at the German Embassy in Uzbekistan. During the event, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany Günther Overfeld addressed the guests. He supported the reform efforts undertaken in Uzbekistan and spoke about the Uzbek-German ties.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev today hosted the heads of defense departments of the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), who are visiting Uzbekistan to attend the meeting of the Council of CIS Defense Ministers.

Telephone conversation between President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev took place yesterday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the visiting Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Sheikh Ahmed Mohammad Ahmed el-Tayeb Thursday.

Next week I will go to Uzbekistan on a state visit, where a substantial package of documents will be signed and the nuclear power plant project will also be launched, the Russian President Vladimir Putin told RIA Novosti.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held an official meeting devoted to the Uzbek Armed Forces Wednesday, the press service of the head of state said.

The son of the late president Islam Karimov from his first marriage – Pyotr Karimov appealed to the Tver Court of Moscow for the recovery of money due from his now former employer.

The Uzbek-Russian Forum of Interregional Cooperation and the Moscow Days will be held October 18-20 in Uzbekistan, the Tashkent mayor’s office said in a statement.

Today kicked off the seminar of the mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the RosAtom working group in Tashkent.

The chairman of Uzbekneftegaz Bakhrom Ashrafkhanov met with the CEO of the oil and gas consultancy company Beicip-Franlab, Jean Burrus yesterday, Uzbekneftegaz said.

Uzbek sappers are demining the Uzbek-Tajik border jointly with Tajik counterparts in the direction of the cities of Penjikent and Samarkand, the head of the press-center of the Tajik Committee for National Security, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Ulughodjaev told Asia Plus.

The Special Representative of the Uzbek President for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev today met with Markus Potzel, Special Representative of the Federal Government of Germany for Afghanistan and Pakistan, the foreign ministry said.

The State Secretary, Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin received from the new Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Russia, Botirjon Asadov, the copies of credentials on Monday, the Foreign Ministry said.

Uzbekistan will launch Advice.uz website, that will give free, confidential information and advice to assist people with legal, consumer and other problems, the Ministry of Justice said.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, at the invitation of the President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron, today left Tashkent for Paris for an official visit.

Uzbek Interior Minister, Major General Pulat Bobojonov attended the first meeting of the Interior Ministers of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan in Chulpan-Ata city, the Kyrgyz Republic, the ministry said.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross will visit Uzbekistan in October of this year, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has accepted the invitation of the French President Emmanuel Macron and will pay an official visit to France on October 8–9 , the presidential press service reported.