The talks on the Expanded partnership and cooperation agreement between Uzbekistan and the EU are nearing to the end, said the First Deputy Foreign Minister Farhod Arziev said at the international conference "Uzbekistan: Rapid Reforms of the 5 Years".

On October 5, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree on Uzbekistan's accession to the Intergovernmental Agreement on Dry Ports of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).

Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a new $19-million five-year activity, USAID Trade Central Asia, that will be implemented in Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

Following the talks, the leaders of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan oversaw the ceremony of exchange of signed bilateral documents between the heads of ministries, departments and provinces of the two countries, the presidential press service said.

The Interior Ministry has placed the former vice-rector of the Tashkent State Economic University Nodir Idiev on the wanted list. He was charged under the Fraud on an especially large scale and the Official forgery committed repeatedly or by a dangerous repeat offender of the Criminal Code. In legal meaning, an especially large size represents an amount equal to 500 or more basic values ​​(135 million soums or more, or US$ 12 thousand).

Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan intend to continue to provide assistance to the people of Afghanistan. The Presidents Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov announced this during a media briefing today.

Uzbekistan and Russia are discussing the possibility of providing Russian agricultural land to Uzbek farmers. This became known following the online talks between the Uzbek Minister of Agriculture Оamshid Khodоaev and the Russian Deputy Minister of Agriculture Sergei Levin, which took place the day before.

On October 4, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the amendments to the Criminal Code and the Code of Administrative Liability (CoAL), which toughen the punishment for resisting a representative of the government. The amendments were passed by the Legislative Chamber on August 24 and approved by the Senate on September 30. The amendments took effect on the October 5th.

The official welcome ceremony of the Turkmen President, who arrived in Tashkent on an official visit, took place at the Kuksaroy residence, the press service of the President of Uzbekistan said.

The Special Representative of the President of Uzbekistan for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev met with Iranian Ambassador Hamid Nairabodi on Monday.

Afghanistan's debt to neighboring countries for electricity stands at about $ 62 million, by the TOLO News TV channel reported on Monday with reference to the statement of the Afghan energy corporation DABS.

The President signed the Additional measures to support the service sector Decree. According to the Decree, until January 1, 2024, the period of validity of customs duty waivers for the following goods and vehicles imported into the country shall be extended:

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman today in Tashkent to discuss further strengthening the bilateral relationship, as well as the way forward in Afghanistan. 

The President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has accepted the invitation of Shavkat Mirziyoyev and will pay an official visit to Uzbekistan on October 4-5, the presidential press service said.

The Tashkent city mayor Jahongir Ortikhodjaev met with executives of Siemens, EDF and Stone City Energy, the mayor's office said on Monday.

The Uzbek Ambassador to Kabul, Yodgorkhuja Shadmanov, met with the Foreign Minister Maulavi Amir Khan Mottaqi of Afghanistan in the caretaker government.

The U.S. is in talks with countries that border Afghanistan about housing “over the horizon” counterterrorism operations that would allow the U.S. military to more easily surveil and strike targets in the Taliban-controlled nation, according to senators who attended a classified hearing with Pentagon leaders this week. Those sites could include bases run by Russia in those countries, they said.

A major Conservative party donor who funded Boris Johnson’s campaign to become prime minister advised on the structure of a deal that was later found to be a $220m (£162m) bribe for the daughter of the then president of Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov hosted the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met on Sunday in Tashkent. She was also hosted by interagency delegation that included National Security Advisor Viktor Makhmudov, Minister of Justice Ruslanbek Davlatov, and Special Representative of the President of Uzbekistan for Afghanistan Ismatullah Irgashev. The U.S. Deputy Secretary congratulated Foreign Minister Kamilov and the Uzbek people on Uzbekistan’s 30th year of independence and thanked them for Uzbekistan’s constructive engagement on Afghanistan. The Deputy Secretary and Minister Kamilov discussed their joint efforts to combat COVID-19 through vaccine distribution.

The Uzbek pharmaceutical company Jurabek Laboratories has manufactured the first batch of ZF-UZ-VAC2001 coronavirus vaccine in 7 million doses, Vaccination.uz and the Ministry of Health reported.