Uzbekistan’s human rights record will be examined by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on Wednesday, 8 November 2023, in a meeting in Geneva that will be webcast live.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and President of France Emmanuel Macron inaugurated a new branch of the French Alliance in Samarkand.

US sanctions have been imposed on the Uzbek company Mvizion, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of the Treasury (OFAC) announced in a new package of sanctions.

The UN General Assembly for the 31st time adopted the Resolution calling on the United States to lift economic, commercial and financial sanctions against Cuba on Thursday.

The Russian airline Red Wings will launch regular Kazan to Tashkent flight on November 16, 2023. Flights will be operated once a week on Thursdays on SU95 aircraft.

Chief of Foreign Labor Migration Agency under the Ministry of Poverty Reduction and Employment hosted the director of Gera Chamber of Commerce and Industry of East Thuringia, Germany.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev addressed the Uzbekistan-France Business Forum today in Samarkand. Shavkat Mirziyoyev underscored that a new era of cooperation between Uzbekistan and France was beginning, between the countries “with great trust and openness a great foundation is being laid for further development.”

The Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov attended the Forum of Foreign Ministers of the Central Asian States and the Secretary General of the OSCE in Ashgabat.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has accepted the invitation of the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and will pay a working visit to Astana on November 2-3, where he will attend the next Summit of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS).

Following the talks in Samarkand, the leaders of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and France Emmanuel Macron adopted a joint statement, the press service of the head of state reported.

Head-to-head talks between the Presidents of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and France Emmanuel Macron took place at the Samarkand Congress Center, the presidential press service said.

The Ministry of Economy and Finance in its budget-related address presented proposals for the main axes of tax and customs policies for 2024–2026.

New appointments were made in the presidential administration. Gairatulla Yoziev has been appointed to the First deputy presidential adviser in charge of personnel policies.

On October 31, the president Mirziyoyev signed amendments to the Criminal Code and the Code of Administrative Liability, which enshrines the secularism of the state.

In mid-October, EastFruit reported on the resumption of the growing trend in the dynamics of wholesale prices for tomatoes in Uzbekistan and, as predicted by analysts of the international platform, prices for this product continued to rise. After a week-long pause, wholesale prices for tomatoes rose again – over the past week, the pink tomato increased by 50%, and the red round tomato – by 43%.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a government meeting dedicated to hydropower projects on Tuesday, the presidential press service said.

Government of Uzbekistan and the Russian Gazprom signed a strategic memorandum on cooperation in the energy sector, the Ministry of Energy said.

French president Emmanuel Macron has accepted the invitation of president Shavkat Mirziyoyev and will pay an official visit to Uzbekistan on November 1-2.

More than 10.5 thousand citizens of Uzbekistan live in Israel, Deputy Foreign Minister Bahromjon Aloev said at a meeting of the Senate Committee Monday.

On October 23, the Yukorichirchik district criminal court sentenced a resident of the Tashkent region to five years in prison under the Mercenarism charge. The press service of the Supreme Court of Uzbekistan said.