The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced a new version of the foreign policy concept and the planned visits. At a briefing held at the national press center on February 19, Deputy Foreign Minister Furqat Siddiqov spoke about the changes in the foreign policy concept in the new edition and outlined the priority areas.

Stem cell transplantation is expected to be introduced in Uzbekistan in 2022-2023, said the chief of the Department of Hematology and Oncology of the National Children's Medical Center Kamol Iskandarov told about new medical practices in Uzbekistan.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, speaking at a session of the Namangan province council of People's Deputies on February 19, focused on countering the coronavirus pandemic and organizing mass vaccination.

The Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev invited his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev to visit Kazakhstan, the Akorda, Kazakh presidency press service reported.

On February 22, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will attend the high-level segment of the 46th session of the United Nations Council on Human Rights.

The next destination during the visit of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Namangan was the Ishga Markhamat monocenter, where he met here with journalists and took questions from them.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), jointly with the National Chamber of Innovative Healthcare of Uzbekistan, organized online training for healthcare providers to
improve treatment of critically-ill COVID-19 patients requiring critical care and mechanical ventilation. This training is a part of USAID’s Local Health Systems Sustainability project activity to support Uzbekistan's response to COVID-19.

The first completely e-decision of a province’s governor in Uzbekistan’s history was signed by the Kashkadarya province governor Zoyir Mirzaev on February 18, the Ministry of Justice.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Measures to Facilitate Swift Introduction of Artificial Intelligence Technologies Decree.

Alisher Usmanov offered to cover half of the costs for the purchase of 1 million doses of coronavirus vaccine as part of the first stage of mass vaccination, announced the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on February 19, speaking at a session of the Council of People's Deputies of Namangan province.

On February 18, the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, who arrived in Dushanbe on a working visit, was hosted by the President Emomali Rahmon.

Uzbekistan and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) signed a cooperation program for 2021-2025.

The Tashkent Transport University (TTU) and British universities will implement a number of joint projects. This became known following the talks between the leadership of the TTU and the officials of the University of Portsmouth, as well as Brooke House College.

The Cabinet of Ministers issued a classified resolution on the restoration of the Sardoba reservoir in Syrdarya province, said the head of the Department for Coordination of the Activities of Design and Survey Organizations under the Ministry of Construction Nasrulla Boboyev.

Air Lease Corporation announced long-term lease placements for two used Airbus A320-200 aircraft with Qanot Sharq Airlines (Uzbekistan), scheduled to deliver this March, Air Lease Corporation said in a statement on Tuesday.  This will be the first two aircraft in the fleet of the Uzbek startup airline. 

Zhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutical (PRC) has recognized Uzbekistan as a co-author in the development of a ZF-2001 coronavirus vaccine, the Anti-Coronavirus Commission officials said at a meeting.

During the visit of the Uzbekistan government delegation to Hungary, the Deputy PM Sardor Umurzakov was hosted by the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Despite the pandemic, the volume of Uzbekistan-bound money remittances increased, topping US$ 427 million in January 2021, the Central Bank said.

Uzbekistan government delegation, led by the Deputy PM/Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade Sardor Umurzakov, landed on a visit to Hungary, the Dunyo news agency reported.

A regular meeting of the Republican Special Commission was held at the Cabinet of Ministers yesterday. The meeting attended by a group of MPs discussed measures for manufacture of COVID-2019 vaccines in Uzbekistan and the launch and organization of mass vaccination.