The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit Azerbaijan in October to attend the 7th summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (CCTS), said the first deputy chairman of the Senate of Sodiq Safoev.

The Legislative Chamber passed the Liberalization Of Crimes Related To Violation Of The Rules Of Stay İn Uzbekistan Of Foreign Natıonals And Stateless Persons Bill, the MP of the People’s Democratic Party Shukhrat Mamadzhanov told the Xalq Sozı newspaper.

Davlatnazar Ruzmetov, a columnist at Khorezm province’s Jamiyat (transl. Society) newspaper, was arrested today. His relatives told they didn’t know reasons behind his arrest and the charges he is facing.

On October 4, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the Secretary General of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking states, Baghdad Amreeev, who arrived in Tashkent to attend in the first Investment Forum and the meeting of the Business Council of Turkic-speaking countries the presidential press service said.

A new threat actor Kaspersky calls SandCat, believed to be Uzbekistan’s intelligence agency, is so bad at operational security, researchers have found multiple zero-day exploits used by the group, and even caught malware the group was still developing, the Vice reported.

When deciding whether to join the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) or not, Uzbekistan will have its national interests at heart, the First Deputy Chairman of the Senate Sodiq Safoev said on Friday.

The Central Asia International Trade Center for Economic Cooperation is planned to be set up on the border between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, the Kazinform news agency said referring to the Vice Minister of Trade and Integration of Kazakhstan Kairat Torebaev.

One deputy principal and a driver in the Dangara district of the Ferghana province died in a traffic accident when they were heading to the provincial governor’s meeting to attend the overnight local government meeting. The accident occurred on September 29, at about 11 AM local time on the section of the A-373 highway passing through the city of Kokand.

The Secretary General of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (CCTS), Baghdad Amreev will be visiting Uzbekistan from October 3 to 6, the Foreign Ministry said.

The Ferghana province governor has been given three months' probation by the Senate after rudely lambasting Muslim women's head scarves and the long, bushy beards many men wear, saying they promote Islamic extremism.

The Cabinet of Ministers issued resolution on September 30 on additional measures for tapping and development of the tourism potential of Samarkand province. Which interalia provides for increase the number of Samarkand bound charter and regular flights.

A meeting was held at the headquarters of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Brussels between the Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan to the alliance, Dilyor Hakimov and the Secretary General of the Assembly, David Hobbs, the Foreign Ministry said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev yesterday hosted the Chairwoman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federal Assembly Valentina Matvienko, the presidential press service said.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a visit to Russia in February 2020, the first deputy chairman of the Senate Sodiq Safoev announced at the fourth meeting of the Russian-Uzbek Business Council.

The Chair of the Federation Council of the Russia Valentina Matvienko arrived in Uzbekistan on an official visit on Tuesday. At Tashkent International Airport, she was welcomed by Senate Chair Tanzila Norboeva and First Deputy Foreign Minister Ilkhom Nematov. Matvienko’s visit will last until October 3.

As participants took their seats at an international conference in Tashkent this month, an official scurrying back and forth making last-minute arrangements suddenly collapsed.
While fellow government workers carried the unconscious man away, colleagues remarked that the official had probably come under too much stress in the run-up to the event.

On September 25, 2019, the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov met with the US Special Representative for Afghan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad in New York, the Ministry said.

The Military Court announced the verdict to the former chairman of the State Security Service Ikhtiyor Abdullayev and to the members of “his criminal gang,” the Supreme Court said.

A landmark Development Objective Assistance Agreement (DOAG) will be signed between the United States and Uzbekistan on Saturday, September 28, which will commit up to $50 million from the United States to support education sector reform in Uzbekistan over the next five years. 

A 23-year old Uzbekistan national Nodira Qodirova committed suicide in Turkey, Ahvalnews.com said. The suicide was allegedly committed at the house of the ruling Justice and Development Party deputy Şirin Ünal.