President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping held talks today at the Congress Center of the International Tourist Center "The Great Silk Road" in Samarkand, the presidential press service said.

The presidents of Uzbekistan and Iran discussed issues of bilateral cooperation. Today the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the visiting President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ibrahim Raisi.

On September 13, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a Resolution improving the procedure for coordinating inspection of businesses. The Resolution says that it was adopted as a result of an open dialogue between the head of state and business leaders on August 22.

At the General Consulate of Uzbekistan in Jeddah was held a meeting with Mujahid Khan Abrar Khan, the CEO of Vision Development Company in Jeddah, in order to increase the volume of exports of Uzbek goods, Dunyo reported.

Today, Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Peacebuilding Rosemary DiCarlo, who arrived to attend the Samarkand SCO summit.

Uzbekistan will ban the import of low energy efficiency household appliances. This is provided for by the September 9 presidential Decree.

The Decree amends the 2019 August 22 presidential decree, which prohibits the import into the territory of Uzbekistan of used generating equipment, power step-down transformers, electric motors, as well as energy-consuming equipment of energy efficiency category D from September 1, 2019. С 1 January 2022, the import of energy-intensive household appliances of efficiency category D is prohibited.

Today, Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the President of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, who arrived in Uzbekistan to attend the SCO summit in Samarkand.

Innovative Vaccine Center will be set up in Tashkent province, Uzbekistan, the only one in Central Asia. Online meeting was held between the Minister of Innovative Development Ibrohim Abdurakhmanov and the head of Luye Investment Group Co. Ltd. On the sidelines of the SCO summit on Tuesday.

In Tashkent on Wednesday, on the eve of the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, memorandums were signed on granting Egypt and Qatar the status of dialogue partners in the SCO. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Embassy of Uzbekistan in Kyiv sent an official note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, according to the website of the diplomatic mission.

The Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade (MIFT) proposed to scrap the quantitative norm for duty-free importation of a number of items imported by individuals through road (pedestrian), railway and river border checkpoints.

The British international publisher Dorling Kindersley, which specializes in publishing illustrated guides and encyclopedias, has released a Better Go Here guide, dedicated to vibrant tourist destinations offered as alternatives to popular places to visit.

Author's article by the Chairman of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping ahead of his state visit to Uzbekistan. “This land is suitable for growing cereals and will give birth to flowers and fruits in abundance.” More than 1300 years ago, the great scholar-monk Xuan Zang of the Tang Dynasty in his travel notes gave a sketch of a prosperous Samarkand. At the invitation of President Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoyev, I will again come to the beautiful city of Samarkand to outline a plan for Chinese-Uzbek cooperation with my colleague and participate in the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

Six countries, including four Arab countries, will receive the status of dialogue partners in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization at the SCO Samarkand Summit. This was stated by the national coordinator of the SCO from Uzbekistan Rakhmatulla Nurimbetov.

The agreement on good neighborliness, friendship and cooperation between the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization for 2023-2027 will be signed at the SCO summit in Samarkand. This was announced by the President Mirziyoyev’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov at a briefing today on September 12.

Deputy PM/Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade Jamshid Khojaev met with the visiting Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Botir Atdaev.

The delegation of the Ministry of Innovative Development paid a visit to the United Arab Emirates, Dunyo agency said. Reportedly, executives of the UAE Innovation Center were invited to Innoweek.uz - 2022 innovation week, which will be held in October this year. Bilateral cooperation agreements are expected to be signed within this week.

On September 8, the State Committee for Family and Women, the governor office of Surkhandarya province, the European Union (EU) and UNICEF launched a program to expand access to inclusive education, social services and legal assistance in Surkhandarya.

President’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov briefed about the work schedule of the head of state Shavkat Mirziyoyev this week. He noted tha the 22nd SCO Summit in Samarkand on September 15-16 was the most important political event not only of the week, but of the whole year.

MPs of the Legislative Chamber approved the candidacy of Vladimir Norov for the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs, the press service of the Chamber said.