Second Global Implementation Support Symposium (GISS) of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) took place in Seoul, South Korea on Monday, Dunyo reported.

The press service of the Foreign Ministry in a statement expressed concern over the launch of a space launch vehicle by the DPRK.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on May 15, the presidential press service said.

Agreement was reached on the construction of thermal power plants in Surkhandarya and Navoi provinces in cooperation with the German Siemens. This was announced on May 2 at the Uzbekistan-Germany business forum.

The State Assets Management Agency has announced a tender for engaging consultant to develop a Navoiyazot’s privatization strategy and a road map for its implementation in line with the relevant privatization programs.

Jordanian Jordan Aviation will launch Amman to Tashkent direct flights on December 13, 2022. Flights will be operated by Boeing 767 aircraft once a week.

Uzbeks consume three times more salt than the level recommended by the World Health Organization, Deputy Head of the Authority for Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health Nurmat Atabekov said, speaking at a briefing at the Information and Mass Communications Agency.

Uzbekistan self-employed will be able to provide taxi services from September 1 of this year through the end of 2024. This is stated in the relevant resolution of the head of state.

On May 10, for the ICTs Development Minister Sherzod Shermatov hosted Ben McWilliams, Starlink project manager of the American company SpaceX for access to the markets of the Middle East, South and Central Asia, as part of the Space Technology Conference STC-2022 in Tashkent.

The Center for the Development of Clinical Trials of Medicines in the form of a state-owned enterprise was set up by a resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers dated April 14. The center is being founded by the Agency for the Development of the Pharmaceutical Industry under the Ministry of Health.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Uzbekistan on August 3 increased by 748 (770 a day earlier) to reach 26,301, the Ministry of Health said.

The second Tashkent Law Spring International Legal Forum, scheduled to be held April 23–25, has been postponed, the forum’s organizing committee said.

The Uzbekistan-Japan business forum was held in Tokyo yesterday, ahead of the visit of the President Shanvkat Mirziyoyev to Japan. Executives of more than 500 Japanese companies and organizations attended the event, the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade said in a statement.

On December 6, the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), as part of the Technical Cooperation Program, approved four national projects for implementation in 2020-2021 in Uzbekistan total worth of over 1 million euros.

The joint Sharq-2019 (East) tactical drill of the military units of Uzbekistan and Russia took place at the Gurumsaray training ground of the Eastern Military District, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.

The Chinese President, Xi Jinping will visit Uzbekistan next year. This became known following the talks between the governments delegations of the two countries in Tashkent on the margins of the SCO Heads of Governments Council meeting.

The UK company Lapwing Advisers will invest US$ 300 million for creation of data storage and processing center in Uzbekistan, the Foreign Ministry said.

Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov today hosted the newly appointed Ambassador of India, Santosh Jha, the press service of the Foreign Ministry said.

On July 17, 2019, as part of the visit of the Uzbekistan government delegation to the United States, the First Deputy Chairman of the Senate Sodiq Safoev held talks with the Vice President of the World Bank Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, who was joined by lead experts of the International Finance Corporation.

Uzbekistan Airways has resumed the normal routes through Pakistani airspace. “From today, all restrictions on transit through the Pakistani and Indian airspaces have been lifted, the company spokesman said.