Climate policy leaders of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan and U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry convened virtually for a C5+1 Ministerial to discuss their collective and country commitments to act to address the climate crisis on September 16, 2021.

A British Airways plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Uzbekistan today after a female passenger became ill on board.

On September 21, the special representative of the president for Afghanistan, Ismatulla Irgashev, met with the Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Germany to Uzbekistan, Tilo Klinner, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

In the Muynak district of Karakalpakstan, they began to issue lump-sum payments to families. On September 21, on the day of the visit of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Karakalpakstan to meet with voters, the district mayor’s office reported.

The Government of Uzbekistan, by a resolution on September 20, approving the simplified public safety requirements for sales and entertainment facilities at around-the-clock streets. They will take effect in three months.

The Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov on September 21, on the sidelines of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, held online talks with the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Uzbekistan's international trade reached US$ 24.9 billion in January-August 2021, an increase by US$ 383.1 million, or 1.6%, compared to the same period in 2020.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a request for concept papers from private agritourism enterprises in Uzbekistan to boost domestic and regional tourism. The announcement is made through the USAID Agribusiness Development Activity’s recently established “Agribusiness Development Fund”.

On September 20, the Senate Committees on Science, Education and Health, Youth, Culture and Sports and Women and Gender Equality hosted a roundtable discussion on the draft Bill "Transplantation of human organs and tissues" at the Republican Specialized Surgical Research Medical Center named after Academician V.Vakhidov.

Uzbekistan will restore road and rail transport links with Afghanistan, stated the special representative of the President of Uzbekistan for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev.

A presentation of the Daryo bo'yi Business City project was held in June this year. The project envisages the narrowing of the Chirchik river bed and the construction of various infrastructure facilities on the newly opened territory.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today made a video address for the 76th session of the UN General Assembly. Shavkat Mirziyoyev touched upon the situation in Afghanistan and emphasized that this country is an integral part of the Central Asia.

On September 20, Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with the first President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, the presidential press service said.

The investment company UzAssets under the State Asset Management Agency announced intention to sell the government’s block of shares in the Trest-12 company through a competitive bidding process.

Moscow is not urging Tashkent to join the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), where the country has an observer status, stated by the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko, TASS reported.

On September 21, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will attend the opening of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly online, announced the presidential spokesman Sherzod Asadov said.

Uzbekistan and Russia share interests in ensuring stability and security in Central Asia, said First Deputy Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Farkhod Arziev at the opening of the conference “Uzbekistan and Russia in the face the challenges of development and security at a new historical stage of cooperation”, organized in the capital by Institute of Strategic and Interregional Studies and the Valdai club.

On September 20, the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov hosted the Swedish Ambassador to Uzbekistan Ingrid Tersman on the occasion of the completion of her diplomatic posting in the country, the Uzbek foreign ministry said.

On September 19, 501 coronavirus cases were recorded in Uzbekistan - this is the lowest daily record in the two months. "As of September 19, 2021, the number of registered coronavirus infections in Uzbekistan stands at 168,938 (+501)," the report said.

Uzbek military will take part in the SCO’s Peace Mission drills. The drills will involve military personnel from Uzbekistan, China, Russia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Belarus.