It has been dry and warm throughout Uzbekistan in recent days, and the same weather will continue throughout the working week, Uzhydromet reported.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the Tatar president Rustam Minnikhanov, on Monday, the presidential press service said. Reportedly, the parties considered the bilateral projects and further deepening of cultural and humanitarian exchange.

Leader of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov arrived in Uzbekistan on a working visit on Sunday. Today, he was received by the Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov.

Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov met with the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the Vice President of the European Commission Josep Borrell.

Imports of gas of, coal, oil and oil products spiked in Uzbekistan in Q1 of 2023, the Statistics Agency said in a report.

On the morning of April 21, a festive prayer will be performed in 116 mosques in Tashkent on the ocassion of the end of the Ramadan.

President signed the Measures to implement the project: "Program for the Comprehensive Development of Cities of the Republic of Uzbekistan" with the participation of the Asian Development Bank" Decree.

Deputy PM Jamshid Kuchkarov, during his ongoing trip to China, met with the Vice Premier of the State Council of China, Liu Guozhong, Dunyo reported.

Uzbekistan government delegation led by the Deputy PM Jamshid Kochkarov paid a visit to China, Dunyo reported. During the visit, he is expected to hold meetings and negotiations in a number of ministries and agencies of China, to discuss issues of bilateral cooperation while visiting Chinese provinces.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Thursday signed a decree and resolution, according to which Friday, April 21 (the first day of Eid Al-Fitr), as well as Monday, April 24, are declared days off.

The thousandth, anniversary, kidney transplantation was conducted at the Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center for Surgery named after academician V. Vakhidov.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a government meeting to discuss projects in the water sector on Tuesday. He pointed to the four main problems in the field of water management are analyzed - water losses in canals, high energy consumption of pumping stations, limited water reserves and insufficient implementation of water-saving technologies.

On April 15, Samarkand hosted a meeting of the organizing committee to prepare for the 32nd annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

Another batch of humanitarian aid from Uzbekistan for Afghanistan left Termez for Hairatan today on April 19, the press service of the Surkhandarya province governor’s office said.

Amendments to the Code of Administrative Responsibility regarding the payment of administrative fines was signed by the President on Tuesday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the EU Special Representative for Human Rights Eamon Gilmore and Special Representative for Central Asia Terhi Hakala, the presidential press service said.

Rais (chairman) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov will visit Uzbekistan on April 24-25. During the visit, he will attend Innoprom exhibition, the launch of a technopark in Jizzakh, as well as the opening of a medical education center in the Jizzakh branch of Kazan Federal University (KFU).

The Prosecutor General's Office is probing into the incident of presumably teachers being beaten in an Uzun district school of Surkhandarya province, the Office’s spokesman Khayot Shamsutdinov said.

Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov hosts the EU’s Special Representatives for Central Asia, Terhi Khakala and EU’s Special Representatives for Human Rights, Eamon Gilmore.

President signed the Measures to implement the program for providing the population with housing through mortgage loans based on market principles for 2023 Decree setting zero customs duty on some building materials.