Shavkat Mirziyoyev yesterday hosted the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Kunio Mikuriya, who arrived in Uzbekistan to attend the Ministerial Conference of the Central Asian Regional Economic Cooperation, the presidential press service said.

Prosecutor General of Uzbekistan, Nigmatilla Yuldashev hosted a delegation led by the Chief Military Prosecutor of the Russian Federation, Valery Petrov.

Tashkent will host the meeting of Central Asian foreign ministers on November 15, the Foreign Ministry said. The Foreign Ministers of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan will review the preparations for the upcoming second Consultative Meeting of the Heads of Central Asian States in Tashkent. 

Uzbekistan’s recent opening up for foreign investment will spur a “healthy rivalry” in Central Asia, potentially boosting the economy of neighboring Kazakhstan, the International Monetary Fund said.

European-Uzbekistan Economic Cooperation Association (EUROUZ) opened in Brussels on Tuesday. According to the Association, the event was attended by Uzbekistan delegation headed by the Foreign Minister, Abdulaziz Kamilov and First Deputy Chairman of the Senate, Sodiq Safoev with senior executives of Shell, British Petroleum, Knorr-Bremse A.G. Representatives of several European companies such as McDermott, Picanol, TechnipFMC, APCO Worldwide, chambers of commerce and associations established between Uzbekistan and some EU countries ant others.

The State Customs Committee (SCC) of Uzbekistan proposed to Turkish colleagues to speed up the preparation of an intergovernmental treaty on creation of a simplified customs corridor, the SCC said.

The Foreign Ministry announced readiness to hold the next high-level European Union-Central Asia dialogue in Tashkent on political and security issues in 2020, the ministry said. This year, a meeting of this format was held in May in Brussels.

The second consultative meeting of the heads of Central Asian states is scheduled for November 27 and will be held in Tashkent, the first president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev said today.

On November 11, 2019 Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Pekka Haavisto in Brussels, the ministry said.

Uzbekistan wants to complete the negotiations and join the WTO as soon as possible, as well as to sign the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) with the European Union. However, we are not fixing any (specific) timelines whatsoever. said Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov at a press conference.

Five men of Kashkadarya's Karshi city were arrested for alleged gang rape of a 26-year-old woman, the Interior Ministry’s newspaper “At The Post” reported.

Kang Nam-kyu, a Korea Republic national, has been arrested as a suspect in a criminal case against the Korean and Migrations employment agency, the Investigation Department of the Interior Ministry said.

The Institute of Strategic and Interregional Studies under the President of Uzbekistan and the Valdai Club Foundation signed a Cooperation Agreement in Samarkand on Sunday, Kun.uz said.

Air defense and air forces of Uzbekistan successfully tested FD-2000 anti missile systems, the Ministry of Defense said.

Svetlana Artykova, who served as deputy chair of the Senate, has been appointed deputy prosecutor general, the Senate said. Svetlana Artykova, 57, graduated from the Tashkent State Law University. For many years she worked in the prosecutor's office.

U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan Daniel Rosenblum participated in a signing ceremony for a Memorandum of Understanding to formalize joint public health education and scientific research between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Health and Human Services of the United States of America, and the Tashkent Medical Academy, representing the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

A Memorandum on opening of a joint Uzbek-British pharmaceutical university in Uzbekistan was signed between the Uzbek Agency for the Development of the Pharmaceutical Industry under the Ministry of Health and De Montfort University, the Foreign Ministry said.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the heads of delegations - participants of the Tashkent meeting of the Council of Heads of Security Agencies and Special Services of the CIS.

Uzbekistan’s largest Kattakurgan military training ground was commissioned in the Central Military District, the Ministry of Defense said.

The Khorezm-based journalist Davlatnazar Ruzmetov died hit by a van on the night of November 7, his nephew announced on his Facebook page. The funerals will take place today.