On November 20, Delhi hosted the high-level meeting between the Minister of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan, Pulat Bobodjonov and Minister of Internal Affairs of India, Amit Shah, the Uzbek Interior Ministry said.

On November 18, 2019, the aviation authorities of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan held talks in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif (Afghanistan). The delegation of the Uzbekistan Ministry of Transport was hosted by the Director of the Law and International Treaties of the Afghan Civil Aviation Authority, Khalilullah Abavi.

The draft presidential decree, initiated by the Ministry of Sports, proposed to legalize sports betting in Uzbekistan as of January 1, 2021, the Xalq So’zi newspaper said.

On November 20, Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed resolution creating joint Uzbek-Belarusian Intersectoral Institute of Applied Technical Qualifications in Tashkent.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed resolution prohibiting the initiation of questioning and cancellation of the results denationalization and privatization in Uzbekistan.

On November 20, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the IT Tech Park in Tashkent’s Mirzo-Ulugbek district, the presidential press service said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Measures to Improve Organization and Exploration for Oil and Gas Decree handing over a number of Uzbekneftegaz’s functions to the State Committee on Geology and Mineral Resources.

The President Mirziyoyev approved the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Government of the Republic of Korea on Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments, signed by the leaders of the two countries during the official visit of South Korean President Moon Jae-in to Uzbekistan on April 19, 2019 in Tashkent.

The President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov will pay a working visit to Uzbekistan in late November, the Russian Embassy in Uzbekistan said in a statement.

Mansion belonging to the former Prosecutor General, Rashid Qodirov has been put up for sale on E-ijro auction platform. The starting price of the lot is 10,007,940,000 soums, or over US$ 1 million.

Temperatures across Uzbekistan will be tumbling to the single digits on November 21-24, with cold and humid air flows coming from central the regions of Russia and occasional showers expected across Uzbekistan, Uzhydromet said.

On November 16 was held a telephone conversation between President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sooronbay Jeenbekov, the Uzbek presidency press service said.

The Senate’s Committee Chairman Alisher Kurmanov, as part of his working trip to Germany, met with the Vice President German Bundestag, Hans-Peter Friedrich, the Senate said in a statement.

The Director of the State Assets Management Agency, Sunatulla Bekenov hosted the International Expert of the United Nations Djeko Savic.

Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice-President Mr. Shixin Chen today delivered the keynote address at an international conference in Tashkent on the role of capital markets in accelerating Uzbekistan’s economic development. He highlighted how properly functioning capital markets can bolster private sector financing, help to deliver new infrastructure, and act as a buffer against economic shocks. 

On November 13, 2019, in Paris, the Deputy Foreign Minister Dilshod Akhatov met with the Secretary General of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, François Delatre.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev yesterday hosted the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Kunio Mikuriya, who arrived in Uzbekistan to attend the Ministerial Conference of the Central Asian Regional Economic Cooperation, the presidential press service said.

Prosecutor General of Uzbekistan, Nigmatilla Yuldashev hosted a delegation led by the Chief Military Prosecutor of the Russian Federation, Valery Petrov.

Tashkent will host the meeting of Central Asian foreign ministers on November 15, the Foreign Ministry said. The Foreign Ministers of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan will review the preparations for the upcoming second Consultative Meeting of the Heads of Central Asian States in Tashkent. 

Uzbekistan’s recent opening up for foreign investment will spur a “healthy rivalry” in Central Asia, potentially boosting the economy of neighboring Kazakhstan, the International Monetary Fund said.