Uzbekneftegaz and SOCAR are set to explore the opportunities for joint oil production in the Caspian Sea, the Uzbekistan Ministry of Energy said.

The Surkhandarya’s Boysun district branch of the Compulsory Enforcement Bureau (MIB) put up for sale a methane gas station, which belonged to Erkin Norkobilov, the brother-in-law of the former investigator of the National Security Service (DXX), Nodirbek Turakulov.

It gives me a great pleasure to congratulate the participants of the 7th Summit of the Turkic Council, the public of the Turkic world with the significant date - the 10th anniversary of adoption of the Nakhchivan Agreement on the Establishment of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States.The signing of this important document has marked the beginning of a new stage in fruitful partnership of Turkic-speaking countries which is based on inextricable historical ties, commonality of language, culture and spiritual values.

The DG of Rosatom, Alexei Likhachev, is expecting that all the issues related to the construction of nuclear plants in Uzbekistan will be resolved before the end of 2019.

Uzbekistan government delegation headed by Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will attend the 12th Korea - Central Asia Cooperation Forum on October 16, 2019.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev on October 14 in Baku hosted the chairman of the Caucasus Muslim Board, Shaykh ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazade, the press service of the President of Uzbekistan said.

The Senate at the 23rd plenary meeting on Saturday approved the despiction and specimen of special clothing for Uzbekistan judges, the Senate said.

Immediately upon arrival in Baku, the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, the press service of the Uzbek leader said.

On October 13, 2019, the Uzbek Foreign Minister, Abdulaziz Kamilov, who is in Baku to attend the 7th meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (Turkic Council), met with the Foreign Minister of Turkey, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu.

The Senate at the 23rd plenary session on Friday approved amendments to the Criminal Code (CC) and the Code of Administrative Liability (CAL), aimed at liberalizing penalties related to violation of the rules of temporary stay in Uzbekistan of foreign citizens and stateless persons, which will take effect after being approved by the president.

The national airline Uzbekistan Airways carried over 2.5 million passengers in eight months of this year, the company said.

The Senate of the Republic of Uzbekistan at the 23rd plenary meeting on October 11 passed 19 bills submitted for discussion.

On October 14-15, the President of Uzbekistan will attend the seventh Summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (Turkic Council) in Baku, the presidential the press service said.

The draft resolution “On phased introduction of a system for declaring property, income and expenses by certain categories of public servants and creation of necessary technical infrastructure” has been posted on the draft regulations discussion portal.

On October 10, 2019 in Ashgabat, the Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov attended the ceremony of signing the Protocol on the exchange of letters of ratification of the Agreement between Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan on the area of ​​the junction of the State borders of the three states, signed on November 10, 2017 in Samarkand city.

A meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is taking place in Ashgabat. The leaders of the CIS countries are holding talks in a narrow format.

A team of five U.S. education experts have arrived in Uzbekistan to work with education experts from Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Public Education (MOPE) to develop reading and mathematics assessments for students in grades 2 and 4. The data from this assessment, which is supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), will be used to conduct a national-level survey of how well students are developing foundational skills in primary school. The survey results will provide Uzbekistan a comprehensive set of data on student outcomes that will inform strategies to improve teaching and learning so that all students have the opportunity to succeed.

The Moldovan President Igor Dodon will visit Uzbekistan in 2020, this was agreed during his meeting before the start of the CIS summit in Ashgabat with the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Noi.md said.

On Thursday evening, 64 children, citizens of Uzbekistan, were returned to Tashkent on a special flight from Baghdad (Iraq), as part of the humanitarian operation Mehr-2 (“Goodness-2”), UzA reported.

Today, October 10, in Ashgabat, Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the presidential the press service said.