Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov today hosted an Italian delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Manlio Di Stefano, the Foreign Ministry said.

The former Ambassador at Large of the Uzbek Foreign Ministry Ilkhomjon Nematov has been appointed the First Deputy Foreign Minister, replacing Botirjon Asadov, who was posted to the Uzbek Ambassador to Russia role replacing Bahrom Ashrafkhanov, who was named chairman of UzbekNeftegaz.

UzbekTelecom announced that the Internet connection speed in Uzbekistan will increase by 10 times (?!) as of December 1. According to a company official, the related technical works are currently being completed.

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov yesterday hosted the Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov. The leaders of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan held a telephone conversation on the eve.

Uzbekistan’s Consulate General opened yesterday in Yekaterinburg. The Consul General of Uzbekistan in Yekaterinburg Abdusalom Khatamov said that the consulate covers Sverdlovsk, Tyumen, Kurgan, Chelyabinsk provinces, as well as the Khanty-Mansiysk and Yamalo-Nenets autonomous districts.

Uzbekistan was among fifty-one states, including all EU members, to have pledged their support for a new international agreement to set standards on cyber-weapons and the use of the internet on Monday.

The Nov. 12 presidential decree assigned extra non-working days during public holidays and approved the transfer of non-working days for the year 2019.

Italian delegation led by the Undersecretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Manlio Di Stefano will arrive in Uzbekistan on Thursday, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree on creation of favorable conditions for foreign skilled labour force in Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Justice said.

Tashkent and Moscow are planning to set up a multifunctional migration center of the Russian Federation in Uzbekistan. This became known after a delegation of the Uzbek Labor Ministry led by First Deputy Minister Erkin Mukhitdinov held talks in Moscow.

The duration of visa-free stay for Uzbeks in Turkey was extended to 90 days, the updated list and the document were published on the Turkish Presidency site.

Delegation of Uzatom Agency attended the Seminar: Fukushima Nuclear Disaster and Health Risk Management, organized in Japan by the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI).

The CSTO summit, an informal meeting of the leaders of the CIS and, probably, the EurAsEC summit will be held in St. Petersburg on December 6, the press secretary to the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said.

The international community has raised additional funds today to support efforts to overcome the legacy of uranium mining in Central Asia. A pledging event for the Environmental Remediation Account for Central Asia (ERA) at the EBRD Headquarters in London on Thursday was attended by representatives of more than 30 countries and international organisations.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, leading the government delegation to Germany, met with the Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany Heiko Maas in Berlin, the ministry said.

Uzbek Defense Minister Abdusalom Azizov on Thursday hosted US military delegation led by Colin F. Jackson, US deputy assistant secretary of defense for for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia.

Uzbekistan Airways announced ticket sales using MasterCard. Previously, online ticketing was available only for UzCard and VISA cards.

A commission including Pakistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan could be established to support economic and infrastructure projects in the region, the special representative of the President of Uzbekistan for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev announced Thursday at the conference in Brussels.

The President of Republic of Korea will visit Uzbekistan next year, Vladimir Norov, director of the Institute of Strategic and Interregional Research (ISMI) under the President of Uzbekistan announced at the international conference Kor-Asia Forum 2018 in Seoul.

New Uzbek Ambassador to Austria Sherzod Asadov presented his credentials to the Federal President of the Republic of Austria Alexander Van der Bellen, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.