The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev expressed his opinion about Afghanistan during his visit to Surkhandarya. “There is no such opportunity in other provinces as in Surkhandarya. Which province has a place like Boysun? Sherabad?

The Uzbek Ambassador Bahrom Aloev presented his credentials to the Iraqi President Barham Salih Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry said.

The governments of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have reached an agreement on the admission of Tajik citizens to military schools in Uzbekistan.

At a meeting with journalists in Surkhandarya province, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev spoke about the importance of building the Mazar-i-Sharif-Kabul-Peshawar railway, its economic, geographical, political benefits and other details of the project.

On June 2, 2021 the U.S. Embassy Tashkent delivered approximately $14,000 of loaned equipment to the Republican Center of Seismic Forecasting Monitoring (RCSFM) under the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Uzbekistan. 

The absolute maximum air temperature for May 31 was beaten, the press service of Uzhydromet reported. The maximum air temperature for this day, according to the meteorological stations of Uzhydromet, was:

From June 10, Russia increases the number of Moscow to Tashkent flights by one flight per week. The corresponding decision was made late in the evening on May 31 by the anti-coronavirus headquarters.

Uzbekistan received a new batch of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, the Ministry of Health said. According to the Ministry of Health, 70,000 doses of the first component of the vaccine were delivered. In April, in total, Uzbekistan received 100 thousand doses of the Russian vaccine (50 thousand doses of the first and second components).

On May 31, the President signed the Amendments and Addenda to the Electoral Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan Bill into Law. According to the document, complaints about actions and decisions of election commissions shall be reviewed exclusively by courts.

On June 1, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev arrived in Surkhandarya province and visited the construction site of the photovoltaic plant in Sherabad district, the presidential press service said.

On June 3-4, 2021, the Chairman of the Kazakhstan Senate Maulen Ashimbayev will pay an official visit to Uzbekistan. He is set to hold meetings of the Chairwoman of the Senate Tanzila Narbaeva and the Speaker of the Legislative Chamber Nurdinjon Ismoilov.

Minimum income threshold or minimum consumer spending as put by the authorities has been announced in Uzbekistan. This figure stands at 440 thousand soums, or 41 USD per person per month, the Ministry of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction said.

Uzbekistan Airports signed management agreements with all international airports in Uzbekistan, the company said in a statement.

Uzbekistan expects that the third consultative meeting of the heads of state of Central Asia, previously planned for 2020, will be held in person, said on Monday the spokesman to the President of Uzbekistan, deputy head of his administration, Sherzod Asadov.

The Senate at the fifteenth plenary session on May 28 approved the Strategy for Achieving Gender Equality in Uzbekistan until 2030 (the document itself has not yet been published).

On May 28, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a government meeting dedicated to the construction and maintenance of multi-apartment housing in Uzbekistan. Reportedly, the head of state spoke about the corruption in various areas.

The Senate at a plenary session on May 28 passed the Bill on ratification of the Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (New York, December 13, 2006), the press service of the Senate said.

Uzbekistan and Russia have agreed to launch the production of Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in Uzbekistan. The Uzbek authorities selected a production site, RIA Novosti said with reference to the Russian Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko, who is visiting Tashkent on a working visit.

At the fifteenth plenary session of the Senate on May 29, the Presidential Security Service (PSS) of Uzbekistan Bill was passed, the Senate said in a statement.

On May 30, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has accepted the invitation of President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in, and attended the second international "Partnership for Green Growth and Global Goals - 2030" (P4G), held in Seoul online.