President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev today left for Turkey on a state visit. During the high-level talks in Ankara, the sides are expected to discuss the ways to expand Uzbek-Turkish ties in political, trade-economic, investment, transport-communication and other fields, collaboration to counteract global and regional challenges and threats as well as exchange opinions on international issues.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov today hosted the visiting State Secretary and Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian federation Grigory Karasin.

On 25 October 2017 Tashkent will host the Twelfth Meeting of the Chairmen of the Supreme Courts of the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

Ganiev Jahongir Dunanovich has been appointed adviser to the Embassy, Chargé d'affaires of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the Kingdom of Spain.

Uzbekistan Airways plans to buy 4 Airbus A320 and A320 Neos. A320 Neo family is a development of the A320 family of narrow-body airliners. The Neo-series has been designed to provide significantly lower fuel consumption and lower operating costs through more modern engines, aerodynamic refinements, large curved winglets, known as sharklets and weight savings, the company said.

Today the newly appointed Uzbek Ambassador to Germany Nabijon Kasimov left for Berlin, the Foreign Affairs said. Before, from 2013 he had served as chairman of the Association of private travel firms.

The fifth meeting of the Ministers of Justice of the SCO member states under the chairmanship of the Ministry of Justice of Uzbekistan took place in Tashkent Friday, UzA said.

According to the Turkish Economy Ministry, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev accepted the invitation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and will visit Turkey on October 25-27.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed Visa Procedures Simplification for Citizens of the Turkish Republic Decree Saturday, aimed at “enhancing the political, trade-economic, scientific-technical and cultural cooperation of Uzbekistan with Turkey”, the Uzbek Tourism Development Committee (TDC) said.

Yesterday at the initiative of the Kyrgyz side President Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with the Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev, UzA said.

The director of the Tashkent IT vocational college, Senator Agrepina Shin has been appointed the minister of preschool education, a source in the government said.

The Uzbekistan Army has won a silver medal in an annual international military patrolling event called Exercise Cambrian Patrol held in the United Kingdom.

The authorities in Central Asia must release all journalists interned in the region, said the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir in his opening remarks at the 19th Central Asia Media Conference, “Open Journalism in Central Asia”, which concluded in Tashkent yesterday.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov met with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani yesterday in Tehran, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said. Minister Kamilov reportedly conveyed the warm greetings and sincere respect of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to the President and the people of Iran.

Kantar Research, a division of WPP, was awarded a contract in May 2017 for setting up of a television audience measurement system in Uzbekistan.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Uzbekistan to the United States, Javlon Vakhabov, yesterday presented copies of his credentials to the interim chief of the Office of Protocol of the US Department of State, Catherine Henderson.

Skyrail will be built of overpass type for Tashkent ring railway instead of electrified high-speed. As reported earlier, in pursuance to the President’s Decree of May 19, 2017, a project was developed for the construction of an electrified high-speed double-track ring railway in Tashkent.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov held talks with the Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade of the Islamic Republic of Iran Muhammad Shariatmadari yesterday.

Uzbekistan has resumed its membership in the Inter-Parliamentary Union starting from 13 October 2017, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov held talks with his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif in Tehran. The ministers discussed topical aspects of bilateral cooperation and exchanged views on international and regional issues, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said in a statement.