The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev arrived in Dushanbe to attend the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on September 17, the press service of the head of state said.

Today, the fifth international conference on integrated tuberculosis (TB) control in Central Asia opened in Tashkent. The three-day event is organized by the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan, and the Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center for Phthisiology and Pulmonology, with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), World Health Organization, KfW development bank, and the Stop TB Partnership.

Law enforcement officers detained 10 people in Tashkent suspected of participating in the activities of the international terrorist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, the Interior Ministry said.

Two Tashkent men were arrested red-handedly while trying to sell a US$ 1 million banknote, the Department for Combating Economic Crimes under the General Prosecutor's Office said.

250 observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will arrive in Uzbekistan, announced Owen Murphy, head of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights' election observation mission in Uzbekistan at a meeting of the Uzbekistan Central Election Commission.

The President instructed the Ministry of Justice to develop and publish anti-corruption clauses of a recommendatory nature for use by business entities when entering into contracts.

On September 13, the Deputy PM/Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade Sardor Umurzakov hosted a group of members of the Parliament of Turkey representing the Justice and Development Party of Turkey, headed by the Deputy Chairman, speaker of the Parliament from Istanbul, Numan Kurtulmuş, the Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade said in a statement.

The Kazakh capital Nur-Sultan hosted a conference of chiefs of general staffs of the of Central and South Asiaт countries, the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan said in a statement.

Due to the increased needs for food in Afghanistan, the UN is increasing stocks of essential goods in warehouses in Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The main logistics center was established in the Uzbek city of Termez, announced a UN official at a briefing in New York.

The Uzbek government today delivered 1,300 tons of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan in the form of food, medicine and clothing, announced the deputy head of the Taliban’s Culture Commission, Ahmadullah Wasiq.

Today, Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with the Russian President Vladimir Putin, the presidential press service said.

The Cabinet of Ministers approved the Regulation on the procedure for discussing the reasons and conditions behind crimes on Monday.

On September 14, the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov met with the UK’s Minister of State for South Asia and Commonwealth Lord Tariq Ahmad, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

29-year-old judo world champion Kamoliddin Rasulov died in Tashkent after being stabbed during a conflict. Another athlete is suspected of killing him, Daryo reported citing the General Prosecutor's Office.

The United States has reached agreements with Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Pakistan that these countries will allow the U.S. citizens to enter these countries from Afghanistan, announced the U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Monday.

On September 10, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Simplifying customs procedures and further improving the organizational structure of the state customs authority Decree.

252,000 doses of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine donated by the Polish government were delivered to Tashkent yesterday, UzA said.

The Foreign Ministry spokesman Yusup Kabulzhanov confirmed the departure of Afghan servicemen and other citizens from Uzbekistan.

The Ministry of Health reported of a daily 526 people diagnosed with coronavirus in Uzbekistan yesterday. Six patients died yesterday, bringing the total official number of deaths 1,159.

On September 10, Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Amendments and Addenda to Some Acts of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Decree, which has made the following changes and additions: