Friday, 29, November, 2024

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At the first meeting of the Ministers of Agriculture of the member-states of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) in Tashkent, it was proposed to open a "green corridor" for food items between the Turkic states.

At 8:56 a.m. on July 6, the duty unit of the Tashkent City Police department received a message of a bomb threat of Zo‘r TV channel building in Yashnabad district by two unknown persons, the department reported.

Five rocket projectiles were reported to have been launched at about 4:20 p.m. on Tuesday onto the border area of ​​Uzbekistan from the territory of Afghanistan.

The Senate will convene for the twenty-eighth plenary session on July 8, the Senate said. Senators will consider the Consulting activities Bill, Protection of the population and territories from natural and man-made emergencies Bill and Amendments and additions to the Tax Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan Bill.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet today called for a prompt, independent and transparent investigation into the deaths of at least 18 people during clashes at protests in the Uzbek region of Karakalpakstan last Friday.

On July 5, Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the presidential press service said.

On July 5, US State Department Spokesman Ned Price made a statement on the events in Karakalpakstan that took place on July 1-2.

On July 4, the Acting Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov had a telephone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu today, the Foreign Ministry said.

On July 4, Deputy PM/Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Sardor Umurzakov hosted an Afghan government delegation led by Acting Minister of Industry and Trade Nuriddin Azizi.

On July 4, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted his adviser on economic development, good governance and international cooperation Suma Chakrabarti.

The next Central Asian Summit will be held on July 21 in Kyrgyzstan, in the city of Cholpon-ata on the shore of Issyk-Kul Lake. This was mentioned in a statement of the press service of the President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov following his telephone conversation with the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on July 4.

Today, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev spoke to the President of the European Council Charles Michel over the telephone, the presidential press service said.

The United States today donated 2 million doses of Pfizer vaccine to the people and government of Uzbekistan to continue Uzbekistan's fight against COVID-19. This batch is part of the 1.2 billion doses of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines that the US government has committed to donating to 115 countries through the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access (COVAX) facility.

Spokesman to the Russian President Dmitry Peskov commented on the recent events in Karakalpakstan. He stated that the events in Karakalpakstan are Uzbekistan’s internal affair.

18 people died, 243 were injured, including 38 law enforcement officers during unrest in Nukus on July 1-2. 149 people received first aid and were released home. 94 people remain in hospitals, some are seriously injured. This was announced by the National Guard and the General Prosecutor's Office of Uzbekistan on July 4 at a briefing at the Agency for Information and Mass Communications.

The executive committee of the regional anti-terrorist structure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (RATS SCO) mentioned the events in Karakalpakstan.

Today, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev spoke to the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev over the telephone, the presidential press services said.

The Legislative Chamber at a meeting on Monday unanimously decided to extend the period for nationwide discussion of the draft amendments and addenda to the Constitution of Uzbekistan until July 15, i.e. for 10 days. The discussion was supposed to end on July 4th.

Partly cloudy weather, without precipitation is expected across Uzbekistan on Monday, the Uzhydromet reported. Only in the evening hours in the Tashkent province is there a chance of a short rain with a thunderstorm.

Nukus Airport will be closed during curfew, Uzbekistan Airports said. Reportedly in order to implement the state of emergency in Karakalpakstan and to ensure the implementation of the presidential decision, the operation of this airport will be limited during the curfew hours (from 21:00 to 07:00).