Within the framework of the Third Eurasian Women's Forum taking place on 13-15 October 2021 in St. Petersburg the Chairperson of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Chairperson of the Central Asia Women Leaders Caucus Tanzila Narbaeva is participating in the thematic session "The Role of Women-Led Business in Economic Development".

On October 11-12, the Uzbek government delegation led by the First Deputy Foreign Minister Farhod Arziev attended the anniversary summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Belgrade, Serbia.

Red Wings airline will launch flights from Rostov's Platov airport to Tashkent in November, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.

Two video surveillance cameras it is planned to install at the "exemplary" polling stations in each district and city of the country During the Uzbekistan presidential elections to be held on October 24,. This was announced at a meeting of the Central Election Commission on Wednesday by the deputy head of the CEC, Bahrom Kuchkarov.

The European Bank for Reconstruction (EBRD) is contributing to industrial and residential energy efficiency in Uzbekistan and Central Asia by supporting Ecoclimat Group (Ecoclimat), the region’s only producer of glass wool, as the firm expands production capacity.

In the near future, the UN Refugee Office (UNHCR) plans to send three planes with humanitarian aid for Afghanistan to Termez, the Office’s press service said in a statement.

The Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will attend the CIS Foreign Ministers Council meeting on October 13-14in Minsk, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

On October 13, the Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold an online meeting with chiefs of special services of CIS countries, the Kremlin press service said in a statement.

The Government of the Republic of Korea has provided US $ 5 million for the implementation of a COVID-19 comprehensive response program in Uzbekistan for 2021, of which US $ 4.57 million is to be contributed to the health sector, the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Tashkent said.

The Senate will convene for the twentieth plenary session on October 20, the press service of the Senate said in a statement on Tuesday.

On the morning of October 13, a batch of 200 thousand doses of Chinese Sinovac coronavirus vaccine, as well as 20 thousand Favipiravir drugs were delivered to Tashkent from Istanbul, the Ministry of Health said.

During the G20 meeting on Afghanistan, President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will announce a support package worth around €1 billion for the Afghan people and neighbouring countries, addressing the urgent needs in the country and the region. The socio-economic situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating, putting hundreds of thousands of Afghans at risk as winter approaches. Humanitarian assistance alone will not be enough to avert famine and a major humanitarian crisis.

For the first time in Uzbekistan’s history, a complex surgical operation was performed to reconstruct the pelvic ring with an individual endoprosthesis at the Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Oncology and Radiology, together with a leading Russian oncologist.

Uzbekistan has reached an agreement with Turkmenistan on setting up of a "cross-border trade area" in the border area of ​​Alat district, announced the presidential candidate Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

On October 11, the Tashkent province governor Davron Khidoyatov signed the decision of the provincial council of people's deputies on Measures for further development of bus rapid transit (BRT) in the Tashkent province with application of international experience.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, being in Karshi as part of his election tour in the provinces, talked to journalists, where he spoke about the fate of the Termez-Mazar-i-Sharif-Kabul-Peshawar railway, given the situation in Afghanistan.

The Russian authorities have lifted the travel ban for 150,000 Uzbek labour migrants, said Vadim Kozhenov, President of the Russian Federation of Migrants. Also, 150 thousand citizens of Tajikistan were pardoned.

On the margins of the ministerial meeting of the countries participating in the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia in Nur-Sultan the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov held talks with his Indian counterpart Subramaniam Jaishankar, the Uzbekistan Foreign Ministry said.

The Cabinet of Ministers draft Measures to set up the Upper Topalang and Bobotog National Parks Resolution in Surkhandarya province has been posted.

First department of gene dermatoses in Central Asia was opened on October 10 at the Republican Specialized Medical Scientific and Practical Center for Dermatovenereology and Cosmetology under the Ministry of Health.