Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history, has died aged 96, drawing to a close the country’s second Elizabethan era, and heralding the reign of her son, King Charles III.

The United Nations General Assembly has designated October 13th as the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction to promote a global culture of disaster risk reduction. It is an opportunity to acknowledge the progress being made toward reducing disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods, and health in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 adopted at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan in March 2015.

New York: The world is lurching from crisis to crisis, trapped in a cycle of firefighting and unable to tackle the roots of the troubles that confront us. Without a sharp change of course, we may be heading towards even more deprivations and injustices, warns the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Acting Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov held talks with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs, Foreign Trade and Federal Cultural Institutions of Belgium, Haja Lahbib, as part of the visit to Brussels.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he would soon meet with the President of Mongolia in Uzbekistan, as well as hold a tripartite summit of the leaders of Russia, China and Mongolia.

Uzbekistan will host the IREG-2023 international conference. The First Deputy Minister of Higher Education Komil Karimov hosted the President of the International Ranking Expert Group (IREG) Waldemar Sivinski and representatives of the Polish delegation.

Acting Foreign Minister Norov held talks with the European Union Commissioner for Justice, Dide Reynders Justice. The parties discussed the ways to further develop bilateral ties, cooperation to ensure rule of law.

Chief of Afghan Railways visiting Uzbekistan, The parties intend to discuss the project of a transport corridor between Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and China, the press service of the Afghan Railways said.

Samarkand will host the SCO Summit next week, which will be the first face-to-face meeting of SCO leaders since 2019 and the end of Uzbekistan's chairmanship in the organization, the presidential press service said in a statement.

On September 7, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the Ambassador of the United States of America Daniel Rosenblum, who is ending his posting in Uzbekistan, the presidential press service said.

The forthcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit of Heads of State, to be held in Uzbekistan, will ensure that the multilateral body is not just expanded but that the Eurasian region acquire a new strategic dimension, said Dilshod Akhatov, Ambassador of Uzbekistan to India.

The first ministerial meeting of the Strategic Dialogue: Cooperation Council for the Arab Gulf States-Central Asia will be held in Riyadh. According to a message published on the Telegram channel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the delegation of the Republic of Uzbekistan, headed by the Acting Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov will visit Riyadh to attend the meeting.

Officials of the Uzbek Embassy in Spain met with the leadership of the ATEVAL textile entrepreneurs association of the Valencian community and representatives of large textile companies as part of the negotiations with leading companies and retailers on the inclusion of the country's enterprises in the production chain of foreign brands, Dunyo reported.

Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) together with the Ministry of Justice of Uzbekistan organized a conference to share and discuss Uzbekistan’s draft Entrepreneurship Code. The new code, which was drafted with technical assistance from USAID, will make it easier for Uzbekistan’s entrepreneurs to start and grow businesses by reducing administrative burdens and creating a business environment friendly to investors. 

Driver in Tashkent province was fined for taking two children to school in the back of a Labo mini-truck, the press service of the Traffi Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. The footage of this surfaced on social networks on September 6.

Turkish and Russian leaders Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Vladimir Putin may discuss the grain deal on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Samarkand on September 15-16, RIA Novosti said.

Yesterday, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the presidential press service reported.

Ahead of the SCO’s Samarkand Summit, some countries are trying to interpret the SCO as an anti-Western bloc. This does not meet Uzbekistan’s interests, says the political scientist, Kamoliddin Rabbimov.

On September 6, Acting Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov met in Brussels with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell.

The city of Randolph, New Jersey (USA) hosted an event dedicated to the 31st anniversary of Uzbekistan’s state independence and the official opening of the diaspora organization Uzbek Society of America.