With the support of the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Kuala Lumpur, an online meeting was held between the Ministries of Transport of Uzbekistan and Brunei, as well as the CEOs of Uzbekistan Airports, Marokanda Air and Royal Brunei Airlines, Dunyo reported.

Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with the Samarkand Sub-commission on Combating Trafficking in Persons and the non-governmental organization Istiqlol Avlodi, opened the second Information and Consultation Center for Migrants and Families of Migrants.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit Kyrgyzstan next week. At a meeting of the committee on the fuel and energy complex, subsoil use and industrial policies of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan, the Deputy Minister of Economy and Commerce Ainura Usenbekova said that next week, on January 26, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev was expected to visit the country.

The State Assets Management Agency announced the sale of Ferghanaazot enterprise, one of the largest producers of mineral fertilizers, the press service of the State Assets Management Agency (SAMA) reported.

First Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism Ulugbek Azamov hosted the Minister of Tourism of Bulgaria, Ilin Dimitrov. The parties explored the ways to further advance cooperation in the field of tourism between Uzbekistan and Bulgaria, promoting the tourist flow, helping to establish relations between businesses and establishing direct flights between the two countries.

Uzhydromet issued weather forecast for Tashkent on January 18. The day will be partly cloudy, with no precipitation expected. Fog is possible at night and in the morning.

A 20-year-old man died in a military unit of Tashkent province. First, the military officials told the parents that the guy had committed suicide, then they said that he had been shot dead.

As part of the visit of Uzbekistan delegation to Singapore, the Minister of Investments, Industry and Trade Laziz Qudratov held talks with Singapore’s Minister of Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong.

Kazakhstan on over one and a half million holds top spot in terms of tourists who visited Uzbekistan in 2022. According to the Statistics Agency, 5.2 million foreign citizens visited Uzbekistan for tourism purposes in January-December 2022.

Acting Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov hosted the Ambassador of Kazakhstan Beybut Atamkulov. The parties underscored that Uzbek-Kazakh ties of good neighborliness, strategic partnership and alliance were steadily developing and exchanged opinions on improving the process of implementation of high-level agreements.

U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan Jonathan Henick presented 225 FLIR thermal monoculars to the Border Troops of the State Security Service of the Republic of Uzbekistan. 

Former vice president of Gazprombank, Igor Volobuev, left Russia after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Igor Volobuev believes that the war between Russia and Ukraine had been ongoing for 20 years and began with economic pressure. He told how the Kremlin and Gazprom discredited the Ukrainian authorities and tried to turn the country into a satellite state.

Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, as part of his state visit to Singapore, held talks with the President Halima Yakub and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the Uzbek president’s press service said.

President’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev met with the Russian Ambassador Oleg Malginov Monday, the Foreign Ministry said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has appointed the Deputy Prosecutor General Erkin Yuldashev the new prosecutor of Tashkent city, the spokesman Sherzod Asadov said.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the government meeting on Monday criticized the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance, accusing them of failing to properly finance the energy supply sector.

Former Tashkent city mayor Jahongir Ortikhodjaev tried to flee the country with his family this morning. This was announced by the blogger Nikita Makarenko.

Demand for electricity and natural gas increased due to a sharp drop in temperatures in the country, the Ministry of Energy said in the statement.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev criticized the poor situation in the rest of the country in terms of heat, electricity and gas supply at an ongoing government meeting today, his spokesman Sherzod Asadov said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev at a meeting on Monday instructed the State Security Service (SSS) and the Prosecutor General's Office to probe into the activities of the sacked officials. In the event that a violation of the law is established, former officials will be held accountable.