India’s New Delhi Times has published an article about Uzbekistan.

On December 23, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a meeting to discuss the effectiveness of works in investments and foreign trade, and identify key tasks for 2021.

As of December 22, the number of coronavirus infected in Uzbekistan has reached 76,315 (+135) people, the Ministry of Health reports.

Tashkent hosts Uzbekistan Taekwondo Championships (WTF) among juniors and youth. The competition is attended by 1100 young athletes.

On December 21, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has held a telephone conversation with the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

On December 18, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a videoconference of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of the Heads of State.

On December 9, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a videoconference on the ongoing activities in tourism and sports, as well as tasks for the coming year.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has held a meeting on speeding up the implementation of investment projects in the electrical engineering and pharmaceutical industries, as well as securing the production of competitive goods.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has congratulated today the President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed on the Independence Day of Bangladesh.

On December 20, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov received the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kyrgyz Republic Ibrahim Junusov.

Delegation of the People’s Republic of China led by the President of China Association for Friendship Chen Zhimin arrived in Uzbekistan.

The mission of the International Monetary Fund on assisting Uzbekistan in implementation of tax reforms will conduct its work in Tashkent from November 27 to December 3, 2018.

On November 26, the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Ilkhom Nematov met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Uzbekistan Vladimir Turdenev.

The First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Ilkhom Nematov met with the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir.

On November 30, Tashkent will host Uzbekistan – South Korea workshop on “Uzbekistan – South Korea: vision of the future”.

On November 22-23, Samarkand will host Asian Forum on Human Rights.

On November 11, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev congratulated the President of Poland Andrzej Duda on the 100th Anniversary of Independence of the Republic of Poland.

On November 9, 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov met with Coordinator for Intersocietal Cooperation with Russia, Central Asia and the Eastern Partnership Countries at Germany’s Federal Foreign Office, member of the Bundestag Dirk Wiese, in Berlin.

On November 8, 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov met with the Vice-President of the German Bundestag Hans-Peter Friedrich, in Berlin, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan reports.

On November 8, 2018, the government delegation of the Republic of Uzbekistan led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulaziz Kamilov met with the Adviser to the Federal President of Germany on diplomatic and foreign policy issues Thomas Bagger, in Berlin.

On November 8, 2018, the delegation of the Republic of Uzbekistan led by the Special Representative of the President for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev attended “Joint vision for Afghanistan” international conference, held in the European Parliament, in Brussels.

On November 6, the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan hosted a meeting with a delegation led by the OSCE Special Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office on Gender Melanne Verveer.

Italian Tourism Week in Tashkent will be held on November 7-12 by the Educational Consulting Center of Tourism in cooperation with the Italian Institute Galileo Ferraris.

The V International Symphony Music Festival kicks off in Tashkent. This creative project is organized by the Union of Composers and Bastakors of Uzbekistan together with the Ministry of Culture, State Conservatory of Uzbekistan, “Tasviriy Oyina” Creative Association.

Uzbekistan’s national stand is presented at WTM 2018 annual international tourism fair in London.

On October 7, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.

The first issue of the scientific magazine of the Ministry of Innovation Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan “Science and Innovation Development” has been published.

On October 8, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, at the invitation of the President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron, departed for France on an official visit.

Plastex Uzbekistan and O'zupack – O'zbekinprint international exhibitions have been opened at Uzexpocentre.

On October 3, 2018, a Uzbekistan-UAE business forum was held in Tashkent to strengthen cooperation between the business communities of the two countries and develop bilateral trade, economic and investment ties. The event was organized by the State Committee on Investments of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

On September 30 – October 1, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, at the invitation of the President of the Republic of India Ram Nath Kovind, paid a state visit to India.

Within the framework of the realization of the Memorandum on mutual understanding with the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which was signed on May 16, 2018 in Washington DC, expert in the field of international trade law Jovan Jekic has been appointed for the post of the advisor of the Minister of Foreign Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi continued negotiations in an extended format.

On September 27, a meeting with members of Denmark delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly was held at the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev arrived in Tajikistan to attend the regular meeting of the Council of Heads of States of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

On September 27, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon held a meeting in Dushanbe city.

Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of the Republic of Turkey Binali Yildirim, who arrived in Uzbekistan on an official visit, visited the city of Samarkand on September 25.

On September 24, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States Pamela Spratlen, completing her diplomatic mission in Uzbekistan.

On September 24, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of the Republic of Turkey Binali Yildirim, who arrived in Uzbekistan on an official visit.

On September 20, 2018, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov received the Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany Niels Annen, who is in Uzbekistan on a working visit.

Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Minister of Finance Jamshid Kuchkarov met with the delegation of the IsDB Group and the Arab Coordination Group led by the President of the IsDB Group Dr. Bandar Hajjar.

On September 18, 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov received the U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Samuel Dale Brownback.

On September 15, 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov received the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, the Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) Natalia Gherman, who arrived in Uzbekistan on a working visit.

On August 27, 2018, the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani received the delegation of the Republic of Uzbekistan led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulaziz Kamilov, who arrived in Kabul with a working visit.

The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev arrived in the city of Turkmenbashi to attend the meeting of the Council of Heads of the Founder States of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea.

The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in Avaza tourism zone of the city of Turkmenbashi.

The President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, accompanied by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, visited the memorial complex of Islam Karimov in Samarkand. This was reported by the Press Service of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Afrosiab was an ancient fortress that flourished before the Mongol Yoke. Exhibits telling about the history of the ancient settlement from the middle of the first millennium B.C. to the XIII century are kept in the museum.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Emomali Rahmon visited the Amir Temur mausoleum. Surahs from the Quran were read in memory of Sahibqiran. This was reported by the Press Service of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

On August 16, Tashkent hosted the regular meeting of Uzbekistan – India intergovernmental commission on trade-economic and scientific-technical cooperation.

On August 16, 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov met with the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Malaysia Hendi Assan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports.

On August 14, a meeting dedicated to issues of attracting foreign direct investment to the economy of Uzbekistan was held under the chairmanship of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Geology and Mineral Resources held a press conference at the National Press Center on the eve of the International Scientific Technical Conference “Integration of science and practice – mechanism for effective development of the geological sphere of the Republic of Uzbekistan” to be held on August 17 this year.

On August 14, the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan held a meeting with scholars of Uzbekistan – Japan Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS) intergovernmental project.

Spiritual-educational events in connection with the birthday of the great Kazakh poet Abai Kunanbaev are held in Uzbekistan.

On August 8, a meeting with the delegation led by the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the American company Air Products Seifi Ghasemi was held at “Uzbekneftegaz” JSC.

Friendship of people of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan is strengthening. Bilateral cooperation is consistently developing in all areas, including in cultural and humanitarian sphere.

A workshop with participation of South Korean teachers was held at the Institute for Retraining and Advanced Training of Managers and Specialists of Public Education named after Abdulla Avloni.

A press-conference on “Homestead land is a source of abundance” was held at the National Press Center by the Council of farmers, dehkan farms and owners of household lands of Uzbekistan.

The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan held a press conference dedicated to activities being carried out on preparation for the International Forum of Maqom Art and holding it at a high level.

On August 5, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the External Affairs Minister of the Republic of India Sushma Swaraj. This was reported by the Press Service of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

During the official visit of the Uzbek delegation to France for participation in the VII session of the Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation, the current state of trade relations between the two countries was analyzed and prospective directions for the development of bilateral trade were determined.

A roundtable on “Public-private partnership in the Republic of Uzbekistan” with participation of EBRD experts was held at the Ministry of Finance.

On July 26, 2018, a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic Jan Bory was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The State Committee for Tourism Development carries out systematic work on holding events within the framework of the “Year of Uzbekistan in Kazakhstan”.

The acting khokim of Surkhandarya region Bakhodir Pulatov met with the founders of the joint venture "Afghon-German" of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Samiulloh Samkani and Abdulvahob Kaimi.

On July 23, 2018, a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine Yuriy Savchenko was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

On July 23, a regular meeting of Uzbekistan – Vietnam intergovernmental commission for trade-economic and scientific-technical cooperation was held at the International Trade Center in Tashkent.

On July 20, 2018, within the framework of the 7th meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission for Trade and Economic Cooperation between the Republic of Uzbekistan and the French Republic, negotiations were held between the National Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Foreign Economic Activity and Natixis bank, in Paris.

The Youth Press Club in Tashkent hosted a ceremony of awarding young experts who successfully performed at the Mental Arithmetic International Olympiad, held recently in Singapore.

A delegation led by the UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia Afshan Khan visits Uzbekistan.

On July 16, 2018, a meeting with the State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Kazuyuki Nakane was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Tashkent hosted a roundtable on “Legislative and parliamentary control in the context of democratization and modernization of the political system: the experience of Uzbekistan”.

On July 13, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the World Bank delegation led by the Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Cyril Muller.

At the regular meeting of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis, held on July 14, deputies considered draft laws aimed at deepening reforms implemented in various spheres of socio-economic life of the country.

On July 12, 2018, a delegation of the Republic of Uzbekistan led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdujabar Abduvakhitov took part in consultations at the level of deputy foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states on the issues of SCO's international activities.

The Institute for Strategic and Interregional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan organized a round table in connection with the adoption of the UN General Assembly Resolution “Strengthening regional and international cooperation to ensure peace, stability and sustainable development in the Central Asian region”, in Tashkent.

On July 11, 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Uzbekistan Pamela Spratlen.

In connection with the 100th anniversary of formation of Tashkent Higher Combined Arms Command School (now the Academy of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan), an international military scientific conference was held on “The historical contribution of the Higher Military School to training officers for the Armed Forces and defense of the Motherland”.

As reported by the Press Service of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan, the delegation of Uzbekistan visits the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

On July 10, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a meeting dedicated to issues of implementation of organizational and technical measures for creating nuclear power engineering in the country.

The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev expressed condolences to the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe in connection with numerous human casualties and destruction caused by floods in central and southwestern Japan.

On July 8, 2018, the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani received the government delegation of the Republic of Uzbekistan led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulaziz Kamilov, who is on a working visit to Afghanistan, at Arg palace.

Uzbekistan’s schoolchildren won 1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals at the International Mathematics Competition, held on July 1-6 this year in Bulgaria.

On July 6, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, at the invitation of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, departed for this country to take part in solemn events timed to the 20th anniversary of Astana.

On July 4, the delegation of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria led by the Chairperson of Bulgaria – Uzbekistan Friendship Group Adlen Shukri Shevked visited Samarkand.

Tashkent Financial Institute hosted a workshop on “Further improvement the efficiency of working with youth and spiritual-enlightenment activities”.

On July 3, 2018, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Rector of the University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Abdujabar Abduvakhitov met with the Chairman of the Cambridge Central Asia Forum (CCAF, the United Kingdom), Dr. Siddharth Saxena.

A solemn event dedicated to June 27 – Press and Mass Media Workers Day was held at the Uzbek National Academic Drama Theater.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan is conducting systematic work on judicial protection of rights and legitimate interests of business entities.

Coordination with modern requirements of school infrastructure remains an important issue in the country. This was noted at the meeting on radical transformation of the public education system, which was held at the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

On June 20, 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov received the Advisor to the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on national security issues Mohammad Hanif Atmar, who is in Uzbekistan on a working visit.

The team of girls from Uzbekistan for the first time in history reached the finals of Technovation international competition.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev during his last year’s visit to Tashkent city clinical psychiatric hospital on June 26, gave instructions on construction and repair of its buildings, improving conditions for patients.

On June 13, after a serious illness, a prominent religious figure, the chief imam-hatib of Tashkent city Anvar qori Tursunov passed away.

On June 16, 2018, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with the President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

A scientific-practical conference on “Improving education and practice of social work in Uzbekistan” was held at the National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek jointly with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education of Uzbekistan.

The national team of Uzbekistan won 1 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze medals at the VI President’s Cup International Boxing Tournament held in Astana.

As previously reported, on June 8-10, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended the 18th meeting of the Council of Heads of States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, in the city of Qingdao.

On 9-10 June 2018, Qingdao, PRC, hosted a meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (CHS SCO).

The 18th meeting of the Council of Heads of Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization begins in the city of Qingdao.

On June 10, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev participated in the negotiations of the SCO Summit in an expanded format.

On June 10, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, having participated at the meeting of the Council of Heads of Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Qingdao, returned to Tashkent.

Tashkent hosted an international workshop devoted to ensuring the quality and security of food products, peculiarities of new standards and the national experience in this direction.

On June 8-10, 2018, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit the People’s Republic of China.

The Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan held a press conference on “Actual issues and priorities for training and retraining managerial personnel in the country”.

Tashkent hosted a round table discussion on “The Constitutional Court in the system of state authorities: tasks and prospects”, organized by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan and OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan.

On May 28-29, the delegation of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) held meetings with representatives of financial and banking institutions of Uzbekistan, in Tashkent.

On May 28, 2018, the delegation of the Republic of Uzbekistan led by the Special Representative of the President for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev took part in the meeting of the Contact Group “SCO – Afghanistan” at the level of Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs, in Beijing.

An exhibition “Contemporary art of wood carving. Author’s work” opened at International Caravanserai of Culture of the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan.

An international scientific practical conference on "Action Strategy of the Republic of Uzbekistan: macroeconomic stability, investment activity and prospects for innovative development" was held at Tashkent State University of Economics.

The main goal of the event is to present the best examples of content and information services available to users in the national information space, create conditions for the further development of the digital economy, electronic commerce, national information resources and services of various content.

During the trip to Namangan region on May 2-3 this year, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev noted that in this region there are no large production enterprises and soon a project on construction of an automobile plant will be implemented here.

The Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan Ramazon Rakhimzoda visited Khorezm and Tashkent regions, where he got acquainted with the work carried out within the framework of “Safe Tourism” program.

An official meeting of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Pulat Bobojonov and the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan Ramazon Hamro Rakhimzoda was held at Hyatt Regency Tashkent hotel.

Samarkand hosts international exhibition “Industrial Infrastructure of Uzbekistan – 2018. Samarkand”.

On May 19-23, the delegation of the working group of the Council of the European Union for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (COEST) visited Uzbekistan to become familiar with large-scale reforms in Uzbekistan, exchange views on the new regional policy and discuss prospects for expanding bilateral cooperation.

On May 15-22, 2018, Japan hosted the Week of Uzbekistan in a number of cities of the country.

On May 21, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.

On May 21, a meeting with members of the delegation led by the head of the working group of the Council of the European Union for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Jutta Edthofer, was held in the khokimiyat of Bukhara region.

I send my greetings to those attending this evening's dinner hosted by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and his wife, Ziroat Mirziyoyevа.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with the United States Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis during his official visit to the United States.

Representatives of the State Committee for Development of Tourism of Uzbekistan met with leaders of the Greek Airline Company Orange2Fly, in Greece.

Tourism Training Consulting Center within the framework of the joint project “Skills for tourism” with the British Council held a focus group session with employers (representatives of hotel business and travel agencies).

On May 15, 2018, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev arrived in Washington, DC at the invitation of the President of the United States of America Donald Trump.

On May 15, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev departed for the USA with an official visit at the invitation of the President of the United States of America Donald Trump.

On May 14, Tashkent hosted an international conference on “Uzbekistan and China: prospects for joint implementation of the “One Belt, One Road” initiative”.

The National Project Management Agency under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Uzbek Republican Commodity Exchange organized a press conference on “A new mechanism of ensuring openness and efficiency of electronic public procurement”, at the National Press Center.

On May 12, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the commander of United States Central Command, General Joseph Leonard Votel, who is in Uzbekistan on a working visit.

May 12, 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov met with the commander of U.S. Central Command, General Joseph Leonard Votel.

Talented students of the Republican Specialized Boarding School of Art took part at the exhibition and international competition dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the world famous composer Gioachino Rossini’s death and “Uzbekistan – Italy Friendship”, in Pesaro, Italy.

According to preliminary data in JanuaryApril 2018 the enterprises of the republic produced industrial products to the amount of 60.3 trillion soums, the growth rate to the same period of the last year - 111.6%.

Festive events dedicated to the Day of Memory and Honor were held also in Samarkand region.

It is an eternal value for us to remember the sacred memory, continue the noble deeds of our ancestors who sacrificed their lives for today’s peaceful and tranquil days, demonstrating the example of irreplaceable will and courage in the fight against invaders and oppressive forces, preservation of honor and dignity of our people.

Hungarian delegation led by the Mayor of Budapest Istvan Tarlos visited the city of Samarkand.

Chairman of the Jokargy Kenes of the Republic of Karakalpakstan M.Yerniyazov, on the eve of the Day of Memory and Honor, visited participants of the World War II living in Nukus, presented them holiday gifts.

Winners of the international competition for the XIII National award in journalism “Oltin Qalam” (“Golden Pen”), established in connection with May 3 – World Press Freedom Day, were awarded in Turkiston Palace, in Tashkent.

Delegation led by the mayor of Budapest, Istvan Tarlos, arrived in Uzbekistan. The first event within the framework of the visit was held in the Palace of Symposiums, in Tashkent.

On May 3, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a meeting with the delegation of the Republic of Korea led by the Chairman of the Committee on Northern Economic Cooperation, Song Young-gil.

On May 2, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev arrived in Namangan region to get acquainted with construction and landscaping activities, the progress of the ongoing reforms, major projects at places, as well as for conducting a dialogue with people.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a dialogue with farmers of Namangan region at “Besh sada” farm of Naryn district.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited Uchkurgan district, where he got acquainted with activities of joint ventures “Uztex Uchkurgan” and “Uchkurgan Textile”. This was reported by the Press Service of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

A meeting under the chairmanship of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was held at the khokimiyat of Naryn district with participation of the region’s activists, khokims, sector leaders and other responsible persons.

The President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is in Uzbekistan on a state visit, visited the Mutaqillik (Independence) Square in Tashkent.

Presidents Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Recep Tayyip Erdogan took part in Uzbekistan – Turkey business forum, in Uzexpocentre. Within its framework, agreements were reached on implementation of more than 50 new investment projects worth $3 billion.