Uzbekistan was among fifty-one states, including all EU members, to have pledged their support for a new international agreement to set standards on cyber-weapons and the use of the internet on Monday.

The Nov. 12 presidential decree assigned extra non-working days during public holidays and approved the transfer of non-working days for the year 2019.

Italian delegation led by the Undersecretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Manlio Di Stefano will arrive in Uzbekistan on Thursday, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree on creation of favorable conditions for foreign skilled labour force in Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Justice said.

Tashkent and Moscow are planning to set up a multifunctional migration center of the Russian Federation in Uzbekistan. This became known after a delegation of the Uzbek Labor Ministry led by First Deputy Minister Erkin Mukhitdinov held talks in Moscow.

The duration of visa-free stay for Uzbeks in Turkey was extended to 90 days, the updated list and the document were published on the Turkish Presidency site.

Delegation of Uzatom Agency attended the Seminar: Fukushima Nuclear Disaster and Health Risk Management, organized in Japan by the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI).

The CSTO summit, an informal meeting of the leaders of the CIS and, probably, the EurAsEC summit will be held in St. Petersburg on December 6, the press secretary to the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said.

The international community has raised additional funds today to support efforts to overcome the legacy of uranium mining in Central Asia. A pledging event for the Environmental Remediation Account for Central Asia (ERA) at the EBRD Headquarters in London on Thursday was attended by representatives of more than 30 countries and international organisations.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, leading the government delegation to Germany, met with the Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany Heiko Maas in Berlin, the ministry said.

Uzbek Defense Minister Abdusalom Azizov on Thursday hosted US military delegation led by Colin F. Jackson, US deputy assistant secretary of defense for for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia.

Uzbekistan Airways announced ticket sales using MasterCard. Previously, online ticketing was available only for UzCard and VISA cards.

A commission including Pakistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan could be established to support economic and infrastructure projects in the region, the special representative of the President of Uzbekistan for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev announced Thursday at the conference in Brussels.

The President of Republic of Korea will visit Uzbekistan next year, Vladimir Norov, director of the Institute of Strategic and Interregional Research (ISMI) under the President of Uzbekistan announced at the international conference Kor-Asia Forum 2018 in Seoul.

New Uzbek Ambassador to Austria Sherzod Asadov presented his credentials to the Federal President of the Republic of Austria Alexander Van der Bellen, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

Uzbekistan delegation will visit Brussels on November 8 to attend the Conference entitled “A Joint Vision for Afghanistan”, which will be held in the European Parliament., the Foreign Ministry said.

Naqshbandiyah Tourism Festival, co-organized by the Malaysian World Sufi Center and the Uzbekistan Embassy to Malaysia, will be held in Uzbekistan on November 7-12.

Uzbekistan delegation led by Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will visit Germany on November 7-8, where he is scheduled to meet with Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, other German officials, to discuss preparations for the upcoming Uzbek-German summit, prospects for bilateral cooperation, topical international and regional issues, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

The Tourism Development Committee announced it has developed tourist signs directing visitors to tourist destinations. Brown signs with white lettering and white pictograms will be used on tourist routes. In the state and English languages they ​​will point to important tourist destinations or places of interest (city, street, museum, mosque, stadium, station, airport, etc.) in a specific area.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree yesterday creating the Tashkent International Arbitration Center (TIAC) ​​under the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan.