An illegal mining farm have been uncovered in Bayaut district of Syrdarya province, the State Security Service said in a statement. Inspection conducted by the SSS officers in the province together with other bodies uncovered an illegal mining farm in the building of a local company.

In accordance with the program, the second meeting of the Uzbek-Turkish High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council was held. Welcoming the Turkish leader, Shavkat Mirziyoyev expressed satisfaction with the achieved level of cooperation, strengthening of interaction between the parliaments, government bodies, business and public circles of the two countries.

Ceremony of launching a thermal power plant in the Tashkent province, and the start of a project to build a similar plant in the Syrdarya province as part of the visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Uzbekistan. The contractor of the projects are the Turkish company Cengiz Enerji.

The official meeting ceremony of the Presidents of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was held at the Kuksaroy residence. Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan took the podium. The national anthems of Uzbekistan and Turkey were played. The servicemen of the Guard of Honor marched in front of the heads of state.

The Ministry of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction has developed and published for discussion the presidential draft Measures to support the organization of production and use of electric vehicles Decree, Norma.uz reported.

The period of stay without registration in Tajikistan for Uzbeks is planned to be extended to 10 days (previously 3 days). The Tajik Lower House (Majlisi Namoyandagon) on March 28 adopted the relevant amendments to the Agreement between the governments of the countries on mutual trips of citizens dated March 9, 2018.

Abdulaziz Kamilov is undergoing medical treatment abroad. Over the past ten days, he had been treated at the Central Clinical Hospital No. 1 in Tashkent for some chronic illness, the Foreign Ministry said.

On the morning of March 27, an attempt to smuggle hashish in bundles disguised as potatoes was detected at Airitom customs post in Surkhandarya province, the State Customs Authority said.

On March 28, the Civil Aviation Agency under the Ministry of Transport issued an operating permit for the Russian airline Azimut to operate regular flights to Uzbekistan, the Agency said.

Dry and relatively warm weather is expected over most territory of Uzbekistan on March 28, Uzhydromet said in a statement on Monday.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is addressing priority environmental issues in western Uzbekistan by extending long-term sovereign loans of up to US$ 120 million for the benefit of Toza Hududs, the regional utility companies responsible for solid waste management in Horezm and Karakalpakstan.

The owner of Korzinka grocery supermarket chain and investor Zafar Khashimov commented on the first Tashkent International Investment Forum and spoke about how Uzbekistan should not miss the unique economic opportunity.

Today, Uzbekistan received the delivery of 2,108,400 doses of the Moderna vaccine under the global Covax program, the Ministry of Health reported.

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI, Central Asia Representative Office) jointly with University of Manchester, UK organized a workshop under the FutureDams project for government organisations and interested stakeholders working on the interaction of water-energy- food and the environment.

On March 23, the Tashkent City Police Department’s Counter-Terrorism and Extremism Division received a report that a woman named Sevara was sending young girls to Istanbul, Turkey, for prostitution.

CEO of Uzbekistan Airports Rano Juraeva unveiled some details about the new local airline Silk Avia. She underscored that at the first stage, three 70-seater aircraft are expected to be delivered. It is planned to launch about 40 routes across Uzbekistan - not only from the capital to the provinces, but also between provinces.

The delegation headed by the Minister of Defense of the Kyrgyz Republic, Lieutenant-General Baktibek Bekbolotov, arrived on an official visit to Uzbekistan to discuss the state of bilateral relations in the field of regional security and defense, the bilateral military ties and the ways to expand them.

Three-times-a-week Tashkent to Almaty high speed train service will be launched after two years of restrictions, the Uzbekistan Railways said in a statement.

The Hyatt hotel chain will open a new hotel in Uzbekistan next year, said the company’s regional vice-president Punit Tandon during a panel discussion on investments in the tourism industry on the sidelines of the Tashkent Investment Forum on March 24.

President signed of the Joining International Treaty on Cooperation in the Field of Official Statistics Decree. The treaty was signed on May 31, 2013 in Minsk at a meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States.