The Embassy of Turkey took over the authority from the Embassy of Latvia to establish ties between NATO and Uzbekistan for the period 2019-2020.
On December 6 President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will attend the informal meeting of the heads of the CIS member states in St. Petersburg, where the presidents will set out the main activities of the Commonwealth for 2019, the Foreign Ministry said.
Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov today hosted Yevgeny Sysoev, who is ending his three-year posting as the director of the Executive Committee of the Regional Antiterrorist Structure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (RATS SCO), Foreign Ministry said.
Uzbekistan delegation headed by the Director General of the UzAtom Agency Jurabek Mirzamakhmudov visited Ukraine with the aim of familiarizing with the Ukrainian experience in the field of nuclear energy. UzAtom Agency said.
Deputies of the lower house of parliament considered several draft bills on Uzbekistan’s joining to the major international copyright protection treaties.
The Special Representative of the Uzbek President for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev met with, Deputy Chief of Mission of the US Embassy Alan Meltzer, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Uzbekistan, a major importer of Ukrainian white sugar, has suspended imports from the country, Ukraine’s sugar union Ukrtsukor said on Friday. According to the Association, Uzbekistan-bound sugar rae not being unloaded and is not undergoing customs clear. This situation was cuased with the ban on accepting goods from Ukraine, the statement says.
The Uzbek Ambassador stationed in Ankara, Alisher Agzamhodjaev, presented his credentials to the President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev.
From November 12 to 24 2018, a team from the French army 27th Mountain Infantry Battalion trained Uzbek army trainers on mountain combat in the Forish training ground.
Uzbekistan has decided to join the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly Convention, the speaker of the Federation Council, the chairman of the IPA CIS Council, Valentina Matviyenko said at the meeting of the IPA CIS Council.
The government resolution has been amended, and now foreign citizens and stateless persons will be able to obtain 3-year multiple-entry visas for US$ 300, instead of the current validity of one year, the Justice ministry said.
Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, who is attending the International Conference on Afghanistan in Geneva, met with the President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan yesterday, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.
Criminal case has been opened against officials of the Labor Migration Agency who are now facing a number of charges, the Prosecutor General’s Office said.
Komil Allamjonov has been appointed Acting Director General of the Uzbek Press Agency, the Ministry of Justice said. In October, he was relieved of his post as deputy head of the President’s administration/ press secretary, the positions he held since December 2017.
Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, who is attending the International Conference on Afghanistan in Geneva, met with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of South and Central Asia AffairsAlice Wells Tuesday.
President Mirziyoyev signed a decree on Monday allowing individuals, among others, to dig precious metals as of March 1, 2019. At present, only state-owned companies - Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Complex and Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex are allowed to mine precious metals.
The director of the Uzbek Agency for Press and Information Laziz Tangriev has resigned at his own request, a source in the government said.
109th Session of the UN Migration Agency's Council, which opened yesterday in Geneva, has voted to support the application of the Republic of Uzbekistan to join IOM as a Member State, bringing the total membership to 173.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Uzbekistan Ulugbek Maksudov yesterday presented his credentials to the King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in Riyadh, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.
President of Uzbekistan, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Shavkat Mirziyoyev has ordered the start of large-scale test of military readiness of servicemen in Uzbekistan. The troops of the Ministry of Defense were alerted for drill on Monday morning.