Delegation of Uzbekistan headed by Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov will visit the United States of America on December 12-14, the Foreign Ministry said.

Three family members died from carbon monoxide poisoning in Karshi district of Kashkadarya province, the Prosecutor General's Office said today.

Weather without precipitation is expected in Uzbekistan on Monday, Uzhydromet reported. Light snow is possible only in Bukhara, Navoi and Samarkand provinces, precipitation (rain, snow) in areas of Kashkadarya and Surkhandarya provinces. During the day, the air will warm up to 0 ... +3 degrees, slightly negative temperatures will remain only in some areas.

Several executives of state energy enterprises who allegedly committed "illegal acts which prompted problems in gas and electricity" were taken into custody. This was announced at a regular meeting of the Republican headquarters on Sunday by the chief of the Presidential Administration Sardor Umurzakov, UzA reported.

On December 9, Deputy PM/Minister of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Jamshid Kuchkarov hosted the Deputy Prime Minister of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Hu Chunhua, the ministry said.

Moscow buses were posting announcements in Uzbek, Kyrgyz and Tajik languages with a call to enlist in the Russian Armed Forces in exchange for obtaining Russian citizenship under a simplified procedure.

The Cybersecurity Center of (CERT-CBU) has launched its website in test mode - cert.cbu.uz, the press service of the Central Bank said.

The Russian foreign minister reacted to the news about the possible inking of a tripartite gas union with the participation of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. The Uzbek authorities informed that the import of energy resources will be carried out only on a commercial basis.

The state electric power corporation Turkmenenergo increased the daily electricity export to Uzbekistan by about 17%, the press service of the Regional Electric Networks reported.

On December 7, the Ferghana province criminal court ruled to arrest seven of workers of Albus gypsum plant for staging a protest against a gas shutdown and suspension of the plant. This was reported by the press service of the Fergana province police department.

The OPEC Fund for International Development is contributing US$50 million to a syndicated trade finance facility along with the Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC). The total US$100 million facility will improve food security in Uzbekistan by supporting the trade of critical agricultural products.

The Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov hosted the UK Ambassador Tim Torlot. The parties discussed the bilateral ties and the ways to advance them.

Uzbekistan population surpassed 36 million people as of December 9, the State Statistics Committee said in a report. The number of females stands at 17,849,445 and that of males - at 18,076,253.

Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov arrived in the Kyrgyz Republic to attend the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council (EAEU) as the head of the delegation of a EAEU observer state, the press service of the government of Kyrgyzstan said.

Police officers in provinces contacted the parents of journalists living and working in Tashkent about the publications and comments of their children on social networks. This situation happened, in particular, with the journalist of Gazeta.uz Shokhrukh Khaydarov, Gazeta.uz reported.

At a government meeting chaired by the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on December 7, he proposed to introduce a moratorium on drilling wells and the use of groundwater in districts of Uzbekistan where the groundwater level has dropped by more than 5 meters.

Uzbekistan is intensifying negotiations with other countries on additional purchases of natural gas, electricity, coal and fuel oil.

The Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov hosted the UN Deputy Secretary General, the Director General of the UN Office in Geneva, Tatyana Valovaya.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposal for a "triple gas alliance" with Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan does not constitute the supply of gas in return for some political demands, it is about the coordination of commercial interests. This was stated by Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov, RBC reported.

Uzbekistan denied media reports that the Uzbekistan Railway had lost the right to manage the Hairatan - Mazar-e-Sharif railway line.