Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev spoke to the German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier over telephone, the presidential press service reported.

Pakistan has started supplying meat to Uzbekistan, Nigoh Telegram channel, close the Presidential Administration said. Reportedly, this week, the first 18-ton batch of meat will arrive in Tashkent.

Part of fortress wall near Talipoch gate, dating back to the 16th century, collapsed in Bukhara on the night of March 11. The collapse was caused by torrential rain which lasted all week, the provincial department of cultural heritage said.

Today, UNICEF Uzbekistan handed the Social Protection Single Registry (SPSR) over to the Ministry of Finance implying that the ministry carries sole responsibility to run, maintain and administer the system. 

The Uzbek Embassy in Ukraine has temporarily relocated to Lviv, said the spokesman to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Yusup Kabulzhanov.

The Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov commented on the situation in Ukraine on the sidelines of the second Antalya Diplomatic Forum (Turkey).

An International Water Management Institute (IWMI-Regional Representative office based in Uzbekistan) led CGIAR workshop on the new research for development program “NEXUS Gains for the Aral Sea Basin: Realizing Multiple Benefits Across Water, Energy, Food and Ecosystems (Forests, Biodiversity)” – took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 11 March – in one of the dynamically growing and developing region in the world.

Uzbekistan welcomes the decision of the international coalition Cotton Campaign to lift the boycott of Uzbek cotton.

On March 10, the Anti-Corruption Agency reported at a press conference on achived results in 2021. The report was presented by the Director of the Anti-Corruption Agency Akmal Burkhanov.

Footage of a slaughtered donkey in Kashkadarya province surfaced on social media. The press service of the province police department commented on the situation.

Russia lifted restrictions for Uzbekistan-bound flights imposed due to the pandemic, the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency said in statement.

Story surfaced on social networks that Ulugbek Treasure was discovered on the banks of Tupalang River in Surkhandarya province. The prosecutor's office clarified this information.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov is attending the second diplomatic forum, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Deputy PM/Minister of Tourism and Cultural Heritage Aziz Abdukhakimov and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko on March 10 signed an action plan to promote tourism, the press service of the Russian government said.

On March 9, Tashkent hosted the first meeting of the Joint Uzbek-Iranian Security Commission, the presidential press service said.

A man was arrested in Uzbekistan, who was on the international wanted list on suspicion of participation in an organized criminal group that committed thefts on an especially large scale in a number of European countries.

The twenty-fourth plenary session of the Senate will convene on March 17. The session to be held via conference call will review a nimber of bills, notably Aapproval of the Labor Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan Bill, Non-bank credit organizations and microfinance activities Bill, On cybersecurity, Organic products Bill and Advertising Bill.

“After encouraging hundreds of companies to avoid Uzbek cotton over the past 12 years, we’re happy to announce the time has come to lift the Uzbek Cotton Pledge,” Patricia Jurewicz, CEO of the Responsible Sourcing Network and a Cotton Campaign co-founder said in the group’s press release. 

The conference on the launch of the new Multi-Annual Indicative Program for 2021-2027 of the European Union for Uzbekistan was held today in Tashkent.

On March 6-9, a government delegation of Uzbekistan headed by Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov visited the United States, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said. Reportedly, the meeting was organized in accordance with the agreements reached at the inaugural meeting of the Strategic Partnership Dialogue in December 2021.