The English Law Day in Tashkent international conference is taking place these days in Tashkent. Speaking at the event, Minister of Justice Ruslan Davletov briefed foreign legal experts on the ongoing reforms in the legal profession.

On October 8, Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Approval of Uzbekistan’s Higher Education System Development Concept Until 2030 Decree.

In the 2019 Global Hunger Index, Uzbekistan ranks 49th out of 117 qualifying countries. With a score of 10.7, Uzbekistan suffers from a level of hunger that is moderate.

The President of the French Senate, Gérard Larcher could visit Uzbekistan, the press service of the Uzbek Senate said. On October 17, the chair of the Uzbek Senate Tanzila Norboeva met with the France Ambassador to Isabel Servoz-Gallucci.

On October 16, 2019, the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, who departed for Nur Sultan to attend the 12th Korea-Central Asia Cooperation Forum, met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, Kang Kyung-wha.

On October 14, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Uzbekistan’s Accession to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (Montreal, January 29, 2000) Bill into Law. The Bill was passed by the Legislative Chamber on October 9 and approved by the Senate on October 11.

After the verification of voters' signatures on October 15, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Uzbekistan issued permits to all five political parties to participate in the December elections to the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis.

Uzbekneftegaz and SOCAR are set to explore the opportunities for joint oil production in the Caspian Sea, the Uzbekistan Ministry of Energy said.

The Surkhandarya’s Boysun district branch of the Compulsory Enforcement Bureau (MIB) put up for sale a methane gas station, which belonged to Erkin Norkobilov, the brother-in-law of the former investigator of the National Security Service (DXX), Nodirbek Turakulov.

It gives me a great pleasure to congratulate the participants of the 7th Summit of the Turkic Council, the public of the Turkic world with the significant date - the 10th anniversary of adoption of the Nakhchivan Agreement on the Establishment of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States.The signing of this important document has marked the beginning of a new stage in fruitful partnership of Turkic-speaking countries which is based on inextricable historical ties, commonality of language, culture and spiritual values.

The DG of Rosatom, Alexei Likhachev, is expecting that all the issues related to the construction of nuclear plants in Uzbekistan will be resolved before the end of 2019.

Uzbekistan government delegation headed by Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will attend the 12th Korea - Central Asia Cooperation Forum on October 16, 2019.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev on October 14 in Baku hosted the chairman of the Caucasus Muslim Board, Shaykh ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazade, the press service of the President of Uzbekistan said.

The Senate at the 23rd plenary meeting on Saturday approved the despiction and specimen of special clothing for Uzbekistan judges, the Senate said.

Immediately upon arrival in Baku, the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, the press service of the Uzbek leader said.

On October 13, 2019, the Uzbek Foreign Minister, Abdulaziz Kamilov, who is in Baku to attend the 7th meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (Turkic Council), met with the Foreign Minister of Turkey, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu.

The Senate at the 23rd plenary session on Friday approved amendments to the Criminal Code (CC) and the Code of Administrative Liability (CAL), aimed at liberalizing penalties related to violation of the rules of temporary stay in Uzbekistan of foreign citizens and stateless persons, which will take effect after being approved by the president.

The national airline Uzbekistan Airways carried over 2.5 million passengers in eight months of this year, the company said.

The Senate of the Republic of Uzbekistan at the 23rd plenary meeting on October 11 passed 19 bills submitted for discussion.

On October 14-15, the President of Uzbekistan will attend the seventh Summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (Turkic Council) in Baku, the presidential the press service said.