Friday, 14, February, 2025

National

United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Pamela L. Spratlen today announced the arrival from the U.S. to Uzbekistan of a humanitarian shipment of the cancer medication Temodar, which is used to treat brain tumors in adults.

US$ 130 million project for manufacturing of Hyundai trucks, initiated by the South Korean Evergreen Motors and Posco Daewoo, will be arranged in Kokand free economic zone (FEZ), UzA said.

After a 22-year break, we have finally nurtured a new academician. I think it was a big mistake that for a quarter of a century the Academy [of Sciences] was neglected. If we do not follow the path of intensive and innovative development, we will not be able to catch up with the developed world, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said in a meeting with scientists in the Institute of Chemistry of Plant Substances Friday.

The bill signed into law by the President of Uzbekistan on April 4, now harshens the liability for the use of torture and other inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment, Norma.uz reports.

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius will visit Uzbekistan in May, Sputnik reported. This became known following the talks between the leadership of the Uzbek Foreign Trade Ministry and the Lithuanian Ambassador to Uzbekistan with residence in Moscow Remigijus Motuzas.

Uzbekistan Airways Technics will provide maintenance and repair services for Afghan aircrafts. The deal on this was reached during talks at the Uzbek Ministry of Foreign Trade with Afghan Transport Minister Mohammad Hamid Tahmasi.

Uzbek PM Abdulla Aripov and his Kyrgyz counterpart Isakov border in a telephone conversation Sunday discussed the incident that occurred on Saturday at the Uzbek-Kyrgyz, in which Kyrgyz citizen was killed.

Bangladesh delegation, led by the State Minister of Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam arrived in Tashkent Sunday. The program of the visit includes meetings and talks in the Legislative Chamber, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, trips to Samarkand and Bukhara, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry reported.

The Kyrgyz State Border Guard Service reported Saturday of an incident on the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border, in which a Kyrgyz citizen was killed.

The University of Sejong (Republic of Korea) will open its branch in Tashkent from the new academic year in September. Tashkent branch of Sojong University will offer undergraduate programs in early childhood development, advertising, public relations and tourism.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree Thursday aimed at improving the system of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and enhancing of its responsibility for implementation of foreign policy and foreign economic priorities.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the State Security Service of the Republic of Uzbekistan Bill into Law Thursday, which was passed by the Legislative Chamber on March 15 and approved by the Senate on March 29. The document was published today in the Narodnoye Slovo newspaper and will take immediate effect.

Tashkent's Bainalminal (transl. International) street will be renamed to Seoul street. It will be reconstructed in the Korean style, the Tashkent deputy mayor for investment, innovations and tourism development Alisher Tilyaev said.

The Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has not backed Russia’s proposal for the joint investigation into the Salisbury attack, a diplomatic source with one of the delegations told on Wednesday.

Uzbek Ambassador to China Baktiyor Saidov, who has been holding this post since last summer, has been concurrently appointed as Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Mongolia with residence in Beijing.

Uzbek Ministry of Internal Affairs hosted a meeting with visiting Chinese delegation led by Vice Minister of Public Security Li Wei. The guests were hosted by the First Deputy Interior Minister of Uzbekistan, Major-General Davron Nazarmukhamedov, the ministry said in a statement.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Ratification of the Convention of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization on Countering Extremism Bill into law. The document was published on Wednesday in the Xalq So’zi newspaper. The bill was passed by the Legislative Chamber and was approved by the Senate in March.

The Uzbek Foreign Ministry delegation led by the Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will attend the regular meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

President of Uzbekistan ratified two international treaties - on the junction point of borders with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan and on legal assistance with Afghanistan. The ratification laws were published in the Xalq So’zi newspaper.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed decree Monday creating the Ministry of Construction in place of the Committee for Architecture and Construction.