The governments of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan signed a memorandum of intent on the export of electricity, which will be generated by the Rogun hydroelectric power station in the summer. This was reported to Gazeta.uz by the press service of the Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan.

The President a Decree on May 31 approving the creation of Andijan State Institute of Foreign Languages. The educational process at the institute will begin as early as the 2022/2023 academic year. Students will be qualified in two foreign languages.

The State Assets Management Agency (SAMA) has agreed to sell a 63.4% government stake in capital of the Uzgazloikha design organization, SAMA reported.

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On May 31, Director of the Agency for Information and Mass Communications under the President of Uzbekistan Asadjon Khodjaev held a meeting with the President of the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty media corporation Jamie Fly and the head of the Uzbek service of the radio station Pakhlavon Turgunov (Pakhlavon Sodiq).

Water delivery infrastructure is 60 percent outdated, which will affect water quality. On May 31, a press conference of Uzsuvtaminot JSC over the president’s Additional measures to improve provision of drinking water and water use services to the population Decree”.

The President signed the Additional measures to ensure price stability in consumer markets and increase the effectiveness of antimonopoly measures Decree.

In Uzbekistan, it is planned to waive 22 consumer and food items from customs duties until January 1, 2023, including meat, fish, dairy products, fruits and vegetable oil, Shavkat Mirziyoyev unveiled at the govt meeting on May 31, his spokesman Sherzod Asadov said.

On June 2-4, the current chairman of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau will visit Uzbekistan, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

Uzbekistan plans to liberalize energy prices and introduce social consumption norms for their. This is provided for by the Cabinet of Ministers' draft Changes in fuel and energy prices Resolution, posted for public input until June 15.

The EBRD is promoting green technologies in Uzbekistan’s agribusiness sector by organising a financial package of up to US$ 6.3 million to Milk Euro Food, a Chirchik-based producer of butter and spreads. Up to US$ 750,000 of the loan amount will be provided by the TaiwanICDF.

Today, May 31, Uzhydromet issued an emergency statement. According to them, on June 2-4, it will rain in the mountainous and foothill provinces of the country, and hail may fall in some areas.

A regular meeting of the Uzbek-Tajik intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation took place in Dushanbe on 30 May.

On May 31 the Interim Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov hosted the visiting delegation of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) headed by the Secretary General Baghdad Amreev.

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon will pay a two-day official visit to Uzbekistan, the Asia-Plus reported, citing the press service of the Tajik President.

The Senate at a plenary session on May 28 passed the Procedures for Seizure of Land Plots for Public Needs with Compensation Bill, as well as amendments to a number of legislative acts “in connection with the improvement of the system for ensuring equality and transparency in land relations, reliable protection of land rights and their transformation into a marketable asset.

On May 30, the United States with funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) handed over urgently needed cold chain equipment and computers to the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan to strengthen Uzbekistan’s national immunization system. The equipment, which includes 671 refrigerators, 212 freezers, and 150 computers worth $1.3 million in total, will bolster Uzbekistan’s ability to implement functional, effective vaccine management. This critically needed equipment will be distributed to primary care health facilities around the country.

On May 28, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Additional measures to introduce the market principle in the cultivation and sale of wheat Decree.

On June 4, Uzbekistan Airways Express will launch first once-a-week flight to Samara on Saturdays, the company said. One way ticket from Tashkent to Samara starts from 1,671,973 soums (without baggage) and from 1,837,632 soums (with baggage), while the return ticked starts from 3,248,454 soums (without baggage) and from 3,579,872 soums (with luggage).

Zhongtong tourist bus collided with a KAMAZ truck in Ishtykhan district of Samarkand province. The incident occurred on May 22, but the Samarkand province traffic police department reported it only on May 29.