The Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Abdulla Aripov met with the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon in Dushanbe. The PM Aripov thanked Emomali Rahmon for the reception and conveyed the sincere greetings and best wishes of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

476 coronavirus cases were confirmed in Uzbekistan on Tuesday (477 days earlier). As of September 29, at 23:30, the total number of coronavirus cases reached 56354, the Ministry of Health said.

Uzbekistan plans to manufacture and export a COVID-19 vaccine after the third - final - stage of testing. the director of the Agency for Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare/First Deputy Minister of Health, Bakhodir Yusupaliev announced at a meeting of the International Press Club on September 25.

On September 28, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a meeting on the effectiveness of reforms in the system of technical regulation, standardization, certification and metrology, the presidential press service said.

On September 29, the Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov arrived in the capital of Tajikistan to attend the 7th meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation.

Uzbekistan intends to cooperate with China in the area of ​​poverty reduction. This became known on September 26 at the International Online Conference "Expanding Cooperation in Poverty Reduction".

Individuals are now entitled to carry the measured precious metal bullions and coins produced in the country out of Uzbekistan, the Sep. 22 presidential decree said.

The Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan issued a statement on the situation on the Azerbaijani-Armenian border. The Uzbek Foreign Ministry is reportedly very concerned with the escalation of tension in the relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia, the statement said.

Uzbekistan plans to launch the production of a vaccine against coronavirus, the Ministry of Health of the republic said.

On September 25, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the city of Saryagash in Turkestan province, Kazakhstan, where he held a working meeting with the first president of this country, Nursultan Nazarbayev, the press service of the Uzbek President said in a statement.

The Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan said what the country is doing to participate in the vaccination against COVID-19. In August, a member of the headquarters for the fight against coronavirus, Rustam Ikramov, reported that Uzbekistan is studying the possibility of using vaccines from Russia and China.

Shukhrat Ganiev has been appointed Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the development of the agrarian and food sectors in place of the late Deputy PM Uktam Barnoev. Prior to that, he had served as the Fergana province governor.

On September 23, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Education Bill into Law. The Bill was passed by the Legislative Chamber on May 19 and was approved by the Senate on August 7.

The Chinese Shanghai Electric Power Transmission & Distribution has won a call for bids for the reconstruction of the 500 kV Guzar-Regar transmission line.

On Wednesday, September 23, the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, signed a decree according to which the Consulate General of the Republic of Kazakhstan will be opened in the city of Samarkand, Akorda said.

The Supervisory Board of Gazprombank decided to open a representative office in Uzbekistan, RIA Novosti said in a statement.

Today, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired an online government meeting on additional measures for easing doing business in the provinces, the presidential press service said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Measures to Introduce ID-Cards in the Republic of Uzbekistan Decree, the Uzbekistan 24 reported on Tuesday.

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Air Arabia Abu Dhabi from obtained permission for regular flights to Uzbekistan, the Civil Aviation Agency under the Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan said in a statement.