Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov is attending the second diplomatic forum, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Deputy PM/Minister of Tourism and Cultural Heritage Aziz Abdukhakimov and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko on March 10 signed an action plan to promote tourism, the press service of the Russian government said.

On March 9, Tashkent hosted the first meeting of the Joint Uzbek-Iranian Security Commission, the presidential press service said.

A man was arrested in Uzbekistan, who was on the international wanted list on suspicion of participation in an organized criminal group that committed thefts on an especially large scale in a number of European countries.

The twenty-fourth plenary session of the Senate will convene on March 17. The session to be held via conference call will review a nimber of bills, notably Aapproval of the Labor Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan Bill, Non-bank credit organizations and microfinance activities Bill, On cybersecurity, Organic products Bill and Advertising Bill.

“After encouraging hundreds of companies to avoid Uzbek cotton over the past 12 years, we’re happy to announce the time has come to lift the Uzbek Cotton Pledge,” Patricia Jurewicz, CEO of the Responsible Sourcing Network and a Cotton Campaign co-founder said in the group’s press release. 

The conference on the launch of the new Multi-Annual Indicative Program for 2021-2027 of the European Union for Uzbekistan was held today in Tashkent.

On March 6-9, a government delegation of Uzbekistan headed by Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov visited the United States, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said. Reportedly, the meeting was organized in accordance with the agreements reached at the inaugural meeting of the Strategic Partnership Dialogue in December 2021.

Many experts believe that in the near future the tourism demand in Russia will inevitably focus mainly on two groups of countries, the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) said.

Today at 11:45 at Otkamar farm of Dekhkanabad district of Kashkadarya province, lightning struck three people, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said.

On March 9, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted an Iranian government delegation headed by Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani.

Tajikistan switches checkpoints on the border with Uzbekistan to normal operation mode. The decision was taken by the anti-coronavirus headquarters and was due to the normalization of the epidemiological situation in Tajikistan.

51 coronavirus cases were officially confirmed in Uzbekistan on March 8, the Ministry of Health said. 29 cases were detected in Tashkent city, while 7 cases were confirmed in Tashkent province.

The Dunyo news agency under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be renamed back to its former name – Jahon, the agency said on its website.

Today, Uzbekistan received the delivery of 2,257,600 doses of the Moderna vaccine under the global Covax program, the Ministry of Health reported.

Uzbekistan Airways announced that “due to the spike in demand” it is launching more Tashkent-Moscow and Tashkent-St. Petersburg flights.

The English Speaking Nation: Secondary Teacher Training (ESN:STT) program, launched in November 2019, by the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent and the Uzbekistan Ministry of Public Education began the teacher to teacher professional development and training cascade phase of the program on Friday, March 4th.

Starting from March 7, all devices of partner banks, including POS-terminals, ATMs and infokiosks, resumed servicing Mir cards.

Flights between Uzbekistan and Russia will be operated as per the schedule, Uzbekistan Airways said. "In recent days, there have been questions about the suspension of flights between Uzbekistan and Russia. We would like to inform you that the flights between Uzbekistan and Russia will be operated without interruptions as per the schedule.

The total score of Uzbeks evacuated from Ukraine through Poland reached 4,359 as of the morning of March 7, Yusup Kabulzhanov, spokesman to the Uzbek Foreign Ministry, said.