The first batch of humanitarian cargo worth 330 thousand dollars from the Global Jewish Assistance and Relief Network and the World Congress of Bukharian Jews (USA), arrived at the Tashkent International Airport, Dunyo news agency reported.

The National Anti-Coronavirus Commission discussed the easing lockdown restrictions for pubs and restaurants, after receiving many requests and calls from many businesses, the press service of the Ministry of Health said in the statement.

The plenum of the political council of the People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan on Saturday nominated the deputy chief of the party, Maksuda Varisova, as a candidate for the presidential elections.

The Central Asia Summit was held on August 6 in the city of Turkmenbashi. Following the talks, the heads of state adopted a joint statement, the Akorda website said.

The Uzbek armed forces as part of joint drills with Russia near the border with Afghanistan, carried out aerial reconnaissance with the help of Russian-made drones.

At today’s meeting of the political council of the Liberal Democratic Party (UzLiDeP), the incumbent President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was nominated as the candidate for the presidential election in October. The candidate is due to be approved by the party convention later this month.

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The Milliy Tiklanish Democratic Party is set to nominate the chairman of the central council, Alisher Qodirov, for the 2021 presidential elections in October.

Another 2 batches of the Chinese-Uzbek coronavirus vaccine ZF-UZ-VAC2001 in the amount of 1 million doses each  was delivered to Uzbekistan from China today and yesterday, the Ministry of Health said.

Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced the procurement of the licenses of two school textbook series developed by international publishing companies to the Ministry of Public Education of Uzbekistan. Worth $10 million, the series consist of Information and Communications Technology student textbooks and teacher guides for grades 5-11 as well as English as a Foreign Language student textbooks, workbooks and teacher guides for grades 1-11.

The third Central Asia Summit took place today in the Avaza tourist area of Turkmenistan, the presidential press service said.

Today, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev left for the city of Turkmenbashi to attend the next consultative meeting of the heads of states of Central Asia, which will be held at the Avaza national tourist area.

The Chief of the General Staff/First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, the General Valery Gerasimov, today landed in Uzbekistan on an official visit. He will hold talks with the military-political leadership of Uzbekistan, during which issues of regional security and cooperation between Uzbekistan and the Russian Federation in the military field will be discussed, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The Speaker of the Legislative Chamber Nuriddin Ismailov met with the newly elected President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ibrahim Raisi in Tehran on Wednesday, the Legislative Chamber said in a statement.

The Deputy PM/Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan S. Umurzakov in Ashgabat held talks with Deputy PM of Turkmenistan E. Orazgeldiev.

The Adolat (transl. Justice) Social Democratic Party plans to nominate the chairman of its political council, Bakhrom Abdukhalimov as the candidate for the presidential election in 2021. The candidate was presented at an extraordinary plenum of the party. Now his candidacy must be approved at the party congress.

Uzbekistan and Russia signed the memorandum of understanding and cooperation to protect the rights of children on Wednesday. On behalf of Uzbekistan, the document was signed by the Children’s Ombudsmen, Aliya Yunusova, and on behalf of the Russian Federation by her colleague Anna Kuznetsova.

United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan Daniel Rosenblum saw off the first Uzbekistan student exchange cohort of the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program since 2006. These students will study at an American high school and live with an American host family for the 2021-2022 academic year.

On August 2, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev got acquainted with the presentation of the Tashkent city heat supply system modernization project, the presidential press service state said.

On July 30, the British Council and the London Metropolitan University held an awards ceremony for the winners of the Big Idea Challenge, a business competition that is part of the Creative Spark programme. The finalists presented their projects in the format of video pitches in four categories: climate change, social development, creativity and digital technologies.