On October 12, 2020, Minister of Energy of Uzbekistan Alisher Sultanov held talks in Tashkent with a delegation of the IAEA led by Deputy Director General of the IAEA/Director of the Department of Safeguards Massimo Aparo.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev proposed to introduce a number of new mechanisms and regulations with an end to further improve the anti-corruption system.

The EU Special Representative for Central Asia Peter Burian commented on the joint statement of the heads of state of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan on the events in Kyrgyzstan.

The Cabinet of Ministers issued a Resolution approving the Regulation on off-budget inter-sector energy efficiency fund under the Ministry of Energy, Norma said.

On October 12, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a meeting on measures to improve the system for protecting intellectual property objects, the presidential press service said.

Ancient artefacts from Samarkand will go on display in London before being returned. The British Museum is to help repatriate six glazed tiles from a medieval memorial complex on the edge of Samarkand, which were brought into Heathrow in a suitcase.

On 7 and 8 October 2020, the Republic of Uzbekistan and the European Union held the 16th meeting of their Partnership and Cooperation Agreement Sub-Committee on Justice and Home Affairs, Human Rights and related issues. The meeting was held remotely via a video link between Brussels and Tashkent.

The United States through its Agency for International Development (USAID) in Uzbekistan delivered medical supplies valued at $2.23 million to support Uzbekistan’s COVID-19 response.

The construction of the Sergeli line of the Tashkent metro is nearing completion. The installation of rails on the Sergeli-Olmazor metro line has been completed, and final finishing work is being carried out at the stations, the Ministry of Transport.

As Uzbekistan rebrands, research by UzInvestigations raises new questions over the business past of Komil Allamjonov, a key public official responsible for the country’s PR effort and defending media freedoms.

In 2019, Uzbekistan made a moderate advancement in efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. The government took active measures to prevent the use of child labor in the cotton harvest, including by introducing criminal penalties for repeat violations of hazardous work prohibitions, doubling the number of labor inspectors, and conducting extensive awareness-raising on child labor laws and penalties for violations, the United States Department for Labor said in a report.

Ukraine's SkyUp Airlines plans to launch Kyiv to Tashkent regular flights, the for Tourism Development Committee said in a statement.

The mayor of Altynkul district of Andijan province, Nazirjon Urinbayev, died of pneumonia and acute cardiovascular failure on October 7 aged 54.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan issued a statement on the situation in Kyrgyzstan. "The current events and the developing tense situation in the Kyrgyz Republic are causing serious concern in the Republic of Uzbekistan," the statement said.

The Canadian oil and gas company Condor Petroleum plans to invest over US$ 1 billion for the operation of gas fields in the Bukhara province in 2021-2024, Dunyo news agency said.

Presidents of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev held a telephone conversation on Wednesday, the press service of the President of Uzbekistan said in a statement.

The latest edition of the World Bank’s Economic Update for the region released today indicates that, in 2020, Uzbekistan is projected to remain one of two countries in the Europe and Central Asia region that will experience economic growth, despite the global economic recession driven by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Uzbekistan Ambassador to Austria, Abat Fayzullayev, as the permanent representative to the IAEA, presented his credentials to the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi.

On October 5, the President of Uzbekistan held a meeting on reforming Uzbekistan Post, the presidential press service said in a statement.

On October 6, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in, the presidential press service said.