Friday, 29, November, 2024

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The Republican Center of Hydrometeorology announced the weather forecast for Tashkent on Friday, August 12. The weather in Tashkent city will be slightly cloudy, precipitation is not expected. The wind will blow from the east at a speed of 3-8 m/s. The temperature will be 18-20 degrees at night and 34-36 degrees during the day.

Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan have confirmed that they are interested in the complete restoration of the process of road transport and the simplification of cargo transportation requirements.

Chiefs of the railway authorities of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan discussed the organization of a new China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan-Afghanistan transport corridor, Uzbekistan Railways said.

A mission from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR), which visited Uzbekistan July 19-21, recommended that a limited mission be sent to the country to observe the referendum to amend the constitution. This is stated in the report of the mission, published on August 5.

On August 3-4, 2022, within the framework of UNDP, UNFPA and FAO Joint Programme "Promoting the creative and innovative potential of youth and vulnerable populations by strengthening their adaptive capacity to solve problems of economic and food security in vulnerable communities of the Aral Sea province", a joint event was held to launch the UNDP project "Improving health care in the Aral Sea province by providing access to safe drinking water in rural areas", funded by The Coca-Cola Foundation.

Military drill organized by the US Central Command commenced in Tajikistan on August 10, the US Embassy in Tajikistan said. U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan John Mark Pommersheim welcomed the participants in the Regional Cooperation 2022 military exercise, which will run through August 20.

Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade Jamshid Khojaev hosted the U.S. Ambassador Daniel Rosenblum on Wednesday.

Today, the chief of the presidential administration Sardor Umurzakov introduced the new chairman of the Supreme Court to the team. A source told the Tashkent Times that the meeting is being held in a spirit of criticism.

In a container from Uzbekistan, which arrived at the port of Novorossiysk, Russian customs officers found more than a ton of garmala. Afterwards, it was supposed to be sent on a dry cargo ship to one of the countries of the Middle East, the Kuban 24 TV channel reported.

On August 10, 2022, UNDP jointly with the Center of Hydrometeorological Service of Uzbekistan (Uzhydromet), organized an event to discuss the results of the baseline study and increase the understanding and awareness of employees of state agencies about possible risks and threats, caused by climate change.

Kazakh air carriers are working to increase the number of flights to Uzbekistan and China, the inbusiness.kz business review said. Executives of Air Astana, Qazaq Air and SCAT spoke about this at an online conference moderated by Deputy Head of the Kazakh Civil Aviation Committee Saltanat Tompiyeva. They also reported on the restoration of regular flights with other countries.

On August 8, the special representative of the President of Uzbekistan on foreign policy issues, Abdulaziz Kamilov, called the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, Prince Faisal bin Farhan. This was reported by the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Uzbekistan imported 13,200 tons of tea from China in 6 months, the State Statistics Committee said in a report. In January-June 2022, Uzbekistan imported 16.1 thousand tons of tea from 21 foreign countries worth total of 21.8 million US dollars.

On August 9, government delegations of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan began negotiations in the city of Cholpon-Ata, Issyk-Kul region, on the demarcation of certain sections of the state border, the 24.kg news publication said.

Chairman of the Supreme Court Kozimjon Komilov left his post. It is expected that Presidential Advisor Bakhtiyor Islamov is being considered for his place, and the Senate must approve it.

Licenses were issued to 8 private universities year-to-date in 2022. This was announced by the head of the State Inspectorate for Supervision of the Quality of Education Ulugbek Toshkenboev.

On August 9, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev got acquainted with a presentation on the development and diversification of international transport corridors, the presidential press service said.

The head of regional organization: The Central Asian Society of Uzbeks of Perm Territory, Jahongir Jalolov called on the natives of Uzbekistan living in this region of Russia to join the “Special Military Operation” in Ukraine. This was reported by the Vetta TV company, which published the footage of Jalolov's speech.

On March 18, the body of blogger Asal Khodjaeva, known as Asalhoney, was found in her Tashkent apartment on Makhtumkuli Street in the Yashnabad district of Tashkent.

Uzbek Defense Minister Bakhodir Kurbanov hosted a military delegation headed by Tajik Defense Minister Sherali Mirzo, who arrived in Tashkent on an official visit, the Defense Ministry said.