Ahead of the visit of the President of Uzbekistan to Tajikistan on June 9, the first Uzbek-Tajik inter-provinces investment forum was held in Bokhtar, the Uzbek Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade reported.

On June 8, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Measures to ensure equality and transparency in land relations, reliable protection of land rights and turning them into a market asset Decree.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a government meeting, dedicated to the status of instructions to create jobs through the development of agriculture, assistance to SMEs and the service sector, as well as increasing the volume of products in the field of poultry farming, fishing and cattle breeding.

Turkish Airlines completed the first flight from Istanbul to Fergana on June 8, the Fergana province governor office said in a statement.

The governments of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan plan to amend the agreement on mutual travel of citizens of the two countries, signed on March 9, 2018, Asia-Plus reported.

A group of Turkish businessmen filed a lawsuit against Uzbekistan at the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes at the World Bank (ICSID), the Spot reported.

On June 4, the President signed the Legal status of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Republic of Uzbekistan Bill into Law. The purpose of the Law is to regulate relations in the field of the legal status of foreign citizens and stateless persons.

The European Union has granted 142 trillion UZS  (EUR 11 Million) to the government’s budget on 28th May 2021 for the support of the strategic reforms benefiting the agri-food sector and rural livelihoods in Uzbekistan.

The President of Uzbekistan will pay an official visit to Tajikistan on June 10-11, the spokesman to the President Sherzod Asadov announced today at a briefing on Monday.

On June 5, the Deputy PM/Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade Sardor Umurzakov met with Foreign Minister of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Mukhriddin, the MIFT press service reported.

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has concluded a 12-day mission to Uzbekistan to review its development of infrastructure for a nuclear power programme. The Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR) was carried out at the invitation of the Government of Uzbekistan, the Agency said in a statement.

Foreigners and stateless persons who live in Uzbekistan will be issued ID-cards. This is provided for by the Legal status of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Republic of Uzbekistan Law.

On June 8-13, the Ergaki Military-Sports Training Center in the Sayan Mountains of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, will host a joint drill of the Special Forces of Uzbekistan and the Russian Central Military District.

The First Vice President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Jürgen Rigterink, will lead a delegation of senior management to Uzbekistan from 7 to 9 June 2021 for meetings with the authorities and business representatives.

Following the results of the voting of the UNWTO Regional Commission for Europe, representatives from Uzbekistan and Hungary were unanimously elected as vice-presidents of the 24th session of the UNWTO General Assembly, which will be held in Morocco in October this year.

Uzhydromet told about the weather for the weekend. Reportedly, in recent years, abnormally hot weather has been observed across the country, surpassing normal values ​​for the beginning of summer by 7-10 °C.

On June 3, Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, the presidential press service said.

The Muslim Board of Uzbekistan has announced a fatwa on the Traffic Rules, which are considered social rules under Sharia law and are binding, the Board's press service said in a statement.

Dilshodbek, a migrant laborer from the eastern Uzbek city of Qoqand, has worked in Russia for more than a decade. But this year he is going to neighboring Kazakhstan instead.

A total of 55,102 people were vaccinated against COVID-19 in Uzbekistan on June 2. According to the Ministry of Health, 23,789 of them received the first jab, 30,339 - the second jab and 974 the third one.