The tireless August sun was still on the horizon when Bobomurod Abdullayev left his Bishkek apartment. He had little to do in those days. The pandemic had trapped him in Kyrgyzstan, where he had attended a course for journalists and former political prisoners at the American University of Central Asia.

On November 20, 2020, the 14th round of Uzbek-Indian political consultations was held online. The Uzbekistan delegation was headed by First Deputy Foreign Minister Farkhod Arziev, the India delegation by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vikas Svarup.

In Urganch of Khorezm province, a group of women undressed a bride claiming she was not virgin and taped the undressing. 

According to the State Statistics Committee, in 10 months of 2020, Uzbekistan imported US$ 471.8 million worth of timber and wood products.

The Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will visit South Korea, the Uzbek foreign ministry said in a statement. On November 24-27, 2020, an Uzbek government delegation headed by Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will visit Seoul to attend the 13th Republic of Korea-Central Asia Cooperation Forum, the statement said.

Most of Uzbeks, the government and parliament members have come to a consensus on the need to join the World Trade Organization. There is no consensus over the EAEU membership. The First Deputy Chairman of the Senate Sodiq Safoev announced during his visit to the United States.

The Ministries of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education of Uzbekistan and Higher Education of Afghanistan on November 20 in Tashkent signed a memorandum on sending Afghan students to Uzbekistan for education, the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade said.

On November 22, photographs of pupils of an Andijan school surfaced on social networks, where they lined up in two rows were greeting local officials with flags in the cold without warm clothing.

As part of his stay in the United States, the First Deputy Chairman of the Senate Sodiq Safoev met with Assistant Secretary of State of the United States, Head of the Office of Global Women's Issues, Ambassador-at-Large Kelley Currie, Dunyo reported.

On November 21, the Uzbekistan Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov visited Turkestan, Kazakhstan where he held talks with his Kazakh counterpart Askar Mamin. The Uzbek delegation included members of the government and other officials.

The governments of Uzbekistan and the United States have decided to upgrade the annual bilateral political consultations between the countries into the Strategic Partnership Dialogue. This is stated in a joint statement following the eighth round of consultations, which took place on November 20 in Washington with the participation of the Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov and the U.S. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Dean Thompson.

The total market capitalization of the Toshkent Stock Exchange as of November 1 topped 52.55 trillion soums, or US$ 5 billion, the Capital Market Development Agency reported.

The Senate at the ninth plenary session on Friday passed the Making Amendments and Addenda to Some Legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan in To Further Enhance the Guarantees of the Rights and Legitimate Interests of Owners Bill, the press service of the Senate said.

Five people tried to steal coal from four freight cars on the move in Tashkent province, on November 17, the Uzbekistan Airways said in a statement.

Komiljon Tojiboev was elected chairman of the executive committee of the Central Council of the Ecological Party, Yuksalish National Movement said.

Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov met with the U.S. Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher C. Miller to reaffirm the strategic security partnership between Uzbekistan and the United States. 

Earlier, data surfaced on a government corporate portal that J-United Group LLC, owned by the Tashkent city mayor Jahongir Ortikhodjaev, was provided 20 billion soums in a loan by Poytakhtbank. But, Poytakhtbank denied it had issued a loan to the said company and denied any wrongdoing.

The defense ministers of Uzbekistan and Russia held telephone conversation on the eve, the press service of the Russian defense ministry said in a statement.

The damage from corruption offenses of officials in 9 months surpassed 200 billion soums, or US 20 million, the Anti-Corruption Agency reported.

On November 19, SamAuto handed over a test electric bus to the Tashkent transport operator Toshshahartranskhizmat, which will run on route 51, the automobile plant said.