Regular meeting of the council of senior officials of the member states of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) took place today in Tashkent.

Today, the Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov met with the Secretary General of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) Kairat Sarybay, whose delegation arrived in Uzbekistan as a partner organization, the Foreign Ministry said.

Acting foreign minister of Afghanistan, Amir Khan Muttaqi, on Sunday called on Uzbekistan to provide the amount of electricity mentioned in an agreement signed between Kabul and Tashkent.

Turkmenistan is gradually resuming gas exports to Uzbekistan, the Uztransgaz said. As reported earlier, Turkmenistan suspended gas supplies to Uzbekistan from January 12 for technical reasons caused by extreme cold.

Couple who married 28 days ago died of carbon monoxide poisoning in Kattakurgan district of Samarkand province. This information, posted by the human rights activist Abdurakhman Tashanov, was confirmed by the spokesman of the Prosecutor General's Office Khayot Shamsutdinov.

Uzbekistan Airways signed a deal with Airbus on purchase of 12 A320 Neo family aircraft, Dunyo reported. Eight of the aircraft are A320neo and four are A321neo. The aircrafts have an Airbus Airspace cabin. Uzbekistan Airways plans to use the new aircraft to further expand its flight detinations.

Tripartite Roadmap was signed between the Secretariat of the Organization of Turkic States, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Kazakhstan.

Today, the Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov hosted Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Tim Torlot.

65,600 foreign citizens visited Uzbekistan for medical treatment in 11 months of 2022. According to the Statistics agency, this figure has increased by 39.1 thousand people or 2.5 times compared to the corresponding period of 2021.

Acting Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov hosted the Ambassador of Qatar Hasan bin Hamza Hashim. The parties discussed the Uzbek-Qatari ties in political, trade-economic, investment, transport-communication, cultural-humanitarian and other areas and the ways to advance them.

To provide electricity to the Surkhandaryo province, Uzbekistan began to import more electricity from Tajikistan, the Surkhandarya branch of Districtal Electric Networks said.

To increase hydropower capacity in Uzbekistan, 250 promising sites for microhydroelectric power plant projects have been identified. This was discussed at a meeting on improving electricity supply on January 19 by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

Uzbekistan and Singapore will set up a Design and Engineering Center to develop and implement the New Tashkent smart city project, the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade (MIIT) said.

Golden AK-74 assault rifle was found in a luggage of a passenger flying from Yekaterinburg to Tashkent. The rifle was seized by customs officials and was handed over for examination.

Acting Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov met with the UAE’s Ambassador Saeed Matar Al-Qemzi. The parties exchanged opinions on the implementation of previously reached agreements and was agreed upon the schedule of bilateral events.

For the first time, Uzbek doctors independently performed an operation to separate Siamese twins, the Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday.

Families of children who died after taking Marion Biotech's Doc-1 Max cough syrup could get compensation if the cause of death is confirmed, the Deputy Health Minister Elmira Basitkhanova said at a session of the International Press Club on Wednesday.

Republican Special Commission on Road Safety issued a MoM on January 17. According to the press service of the Interior Ministry, as per the MoM, the maximum speed of vehicles in some areas of Karakalpakstan autonomy, the city of Tashkent and some provinces will be 60 kilometers per hour.

Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan will launch joint production of cars. The car prices is yet not known, but manufacturers promise to make them competitive, Kursiv reported.

Meeting of the Ambassadors of the Central Asian countries with the officials of the Secretariat General of the Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) took place on Monday at the headquarters of the organization, Dunyo reported.