Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, the presidential press service said.

The Syrdarya river is one of the largest water arteries of Uzbekistan that flows into the Aral Sea. The Ferghana Valley is located within the Syrdarya river basin. According to scholars, there are more than one hundred (100) small rivers in the Ferghana Valley, which are tributaries of the Syrdarya. Many of them are transboundary since they are originating in the neighboring countries of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. In the longer term, shifting precipitation patterns, increasing temperatures and dry spells are predicted to lead to water stress in the region.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) handed over 33 high-quality, internationally-sourced English as a Foreign Language (EFL) textbooks and teacher’s guides to the Ministry of Public Education for use during the 2022-2023 academic year. The Ministry of Public Education printed the new textbooks for over 6.5 million students, ensuring that all pupils have access to high-quality learning materials and that all of Uzbekistan’s EFL teachers have high-quality teacher’s guides to support instruction.

On August 30, the President’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev met with the U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Uzbekistan Daniel Rosenblum, who is ending his posting to Uzbekistan.

Deputy PM Jamshid Khojaev discussed investment cooperation with the UAE‘s Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Suhail Muhammad al-Mazrui via conference call.

On the morning of August 31, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the alley "Shahidlar hotirasi" (Memory of Martyrs) in Tashkent. According to the presidential press service, at the event held here, surahs from the Koran and prayers in memory of the departed were read, then a memorial pilaf was served.

Today, on August 31, the president Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended the ceremony of honoring the memory of victims of repressions in Shahidlar Hotirasi (the Memory of Martyrs) alley.

On Tuesday morning, Uzbek immigration authorities denied entry to CPJ Europe and Central Asia Program Coordinator Gulnoza Said, stating that the immigration system showed that she was not allowed to enter the country.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenka, the presidential press service said.

Forty women and girls successfully completed a new round of the U.S. Embassy’s Self-Defense Camp in Tashkent and received their well-deserved award certificates, along with trophies from Krystin Borgognone, Deputy Director of Programs at the U.S Secretary of State’s Office of Global Women’s Issues.  

The General Prosecutor's Office has decided to release 24 people detained during the events of July 1-2 in Karakalpakstan autonomy under the guarantee of the public, the press service of the Ombudsman said.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Monday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, by his decree, awarded 12 foreign citizens with Dustlik Order (Friendship) on the occasion of the 31st anniversary of Uzbekistan’s independence.

The government and citizens of Uzbekistan should carefully consider the risks and benefits due to changing the current terms of office of the President, planned in the proposed amendments to the Constitution, the U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan Daniel Rosenblum told the Alter Ego project.

On Monday, Uzbekistan received the delivery 201.6 thousand doses of Pfizer's pediatric vaccine against COVID-19 as part of the global COVAX mechanism, the Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health Authority said.

The Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Finland, Qadam Sultanov, met with Professor Gulnoz Hallieva, a well-known researcher in the field of manuscripts.

MP of the Legislative Chamber at the regular plenary session on August 29 approved the candidacy of Aziz Voitov for the position of Minister of Agriculture, the Chamber’s press service reported.

The Uzsuvtaminot water supply company, Alkataş İnşaat ve Taahhut (Turkey) and Mesmer-East (Uzbekistan) signed a $22.2 million contract on August 27 to reconstruct a sewage treatment plant in Chirchik, the Uzsuvtaminot reported.

On September 1, the world-famous Niagara Falls will be illuminated in the colors of the national flag of Uzbekistan on the ocassion of the 31st anniversary of Uzbekistan's independence, Dunyo reported.

Uzbek Ambassador to Brazil (with residence in Washington) Javlon Vahobov held talks with Emiliano Diogenes Abreu, deputy director of the International Relations Office of the Brasilia city, Dunyo reported.