Uzbek businessman who denies accusations from the US Treasury that he is one of Uzbekistan’s leading criminals with links to the global heroin trade has been elected president of Aiba, the amateur boxing federation, putting the sport on a collision course with the International Olympic Committee.

The Ukrainian Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Yuriy Savchenko, held a press briefing regarding the antisubsidiary investigation in relation to the imports of Uzbek passenger cars to Ukraine.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan, UNDP, OSCE Project Coordinator and GIZ held an international roundtable on “Judicial Protection of Business Entity Rights: The Experience of Uzbekistan and Foreign Practice”.

Ambassador-at-Large Ilhomjon Nematov met with the UN Under-Secretary-General, Head of the Counter-Terrorism Directorate Vladimir Voronkov and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia Natalia German Thursday.

Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov met with Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan and conveyed the felicitations of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on his election as the Prime Minister.

The UN Resident Coordinator in Uzbekistan today welcomed the swift action taken by the Government of Uzbekistan to investigate and address the allegations which emerged last week of inappropriate official sanctions carried out on six persons in Akkurgan (Tashkent province).

The German ATLAS International will develop the automated photo/video system for monitoring and reporting incidences of traffic violations in Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Justice said.

Today at the Uzbek Foreign Ministry was held a meeting with the Deputy Director Central Asia and Eastern Europe of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Rupert Ainley.

The European Union senior officials are expecting the Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Brussels in early 2019, said Iveta Grigule-Peters, the Chair of the Delegation for Relations with the Countries of Central Asia and Mongolia (DCAS) Iveta Grigule-Pēterse said on Thursday during the 14th meeting of the Uzbekistan-EU Parliamentary Cooperation Committee in Tashkent.

Uzbekistan delegation led by PM Abdulla Aripov will attend the next meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of Government in Astana on November 2, the Foreign Ministry said.

Uzbekistan ranks in the bottom of the English proficiency survey, showing the key competitive weaknesses of the Uzbek economy.

Four children of one family living in Tashkent’s Chilanzar district died from food poisoning. According to the Ministry of Health, on Tuesday evening, Umida Khaitova, 42, brought home 5 skewers of kebab, seasoned with raw onion and vinegar. She served the meal for herself and her children Aziza, 22, Ezoza, 17, Iroda, 15 and Farrukh, 6.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will visit the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, where he si scheduled to hold talks with the Prime Minister Imran Khan, Foreign Minister Mehmood Qureshi and Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan of the Armed Forces, General Qamar Bajwa in Islamabad, the Foreign Ministry said.

Uzbek Foreign Ministry hosted the fifth round of political consultations between the foreign ministries of Uzbekistan and Romania.

The draft development of space activities in Uzbekistan decree has been published for public consultation. It notes that Uzbekistan possesses practical experience, intellectual resources and basic space infrastructure for the development of space research and technologies.

Children and Youth’s Ombudsman is set to be established Uzbekistan, the long-time director of the National Center for Human Rights of Uzbekistan, Akmal Saidov said.

Uzbekistan and the UN will in February 2019 hold a conference entitled New Opportunities and Prospects for Regional Cooperation in Tashkent ahead of the informal summit of the Central Asian states, Uzbek Deputy Foreign Minister Dilshod Akhatov said on Monday at the meeting of the Central Asian Expert Forum which kicked off in Tashkent on Monday.

Uzbek Deputy PM/ Finance Minister Jamshid Kuchkarov hosted the delegation of South Korean Ajou University including the Vice-President for International Relations, Mr. Lim Jay-Ick, Professor of International Relations, Mr. Cho Joon-Hong, Director of the Office of International Relations, Ms. Kim Jay-Eun, the ministry said.

Uzbekistan delegation led by the President’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev attended the 7th international conference Crisis of Afghanistan: Causes and Solutions in Herat on October 26-27, 2018. The so-called Herat Security Dilaogue is organized by Afghan institute of Strategic Studies.

On 20 October 2018 the Government of Uzbekistan adopted the resolution “On measures to Implement the National Goals and Targets in the Field of Sustainable Development for the Period Until 2030.”