Officers of the border troops of the State Security Service on the night of September 14 seized 600 plates of the psychotropic drug Tramadol in the Tashkent district of Tashkent province, UzA said.

The Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin will pay an official visit to Uzbekistan on September 16 and is expected to be hosted by the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

Today U.S. Ambassador Rosenblum and Uzbekistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Ismatulla Irgashev, participated in an equipment handover ceremony at the “Friendship Bridge” connecting Afghanistan to Uzbekistan.  The radiation detection equipment, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA), will help Uzbekistan combat the smuggling of radioactive material at an important international border crossing point.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Nakhichevan Agreement Ratification Bill on the establishment of the Cooperation Council for Turkic-speaking states (Nakhichevan, October 3, 2009) into the Law Saturday, the Ministry of Justice said.

Uzbekistan officially applied to join the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (CCTS), Turkey’s foreign minister said on Thursday.

The Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov today hosted the newly appointed Ambassador of France, Isabelle Servoz-Gallucci, the press service of the Foreign Ministry said.

Today, the president Savkat Mirziyoyev signed decree introducing from January 1, 2020 of 7-day visa free travel for Chinese nationals, including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

The Uzbekistan military delegation, headed by Deputy Defense Minister Azizbek Ikramov, is visiting the United States from September 9 to 13, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.

The deputies of the Legislative Chamber on Thursday approved the candidacy of Nozim Khusanov for the post of Minister of Employment and Labor Relations. His candidacy is now subject to be approved by the president.

The "Driving FDI Through PPPs" Round-Table will provide an insight into Government strategy to increase the pace of economic growth by increasing foreign direct investment through the use of PPP's and narrowing the infrastructure gap to deliver enhanced public services.

Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov today hosted the visiting U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Randall Shriver, the Foreign Ministry said.

The deputies are strictly required to comply with rules of conduct. These rules apply to each deputy, regardless of whether he acts in the Senate, Legislative Chamber or local kengashes (councils).

The head of the Uzbek mission to the European Union, Dilyor Hakimov, and the chair of the EU Political and Security Committee (PBC), Sofie From-Emmesberger discussed the upcoming visit of the PBC delegation to Tashkent on October 2-4, the Foreign Ministry said.

The Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov today hosted the visiting Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

President of Uzbekistan signed the Peaceful Use of Atomic Energy Bill into Law. The basic principles of the use of atomic energy are:

The military servicemen of Indian special unit conducted  training for Uzbek military on elimination of terrorists in the mountains and urban areas at the Forish training ground in Jizzakh province, the Ministry of Defense told said.

The First Deputy Chairman of the Senate Sodiq Safoev hosted the Special Envoy of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Knut Vollebaek Monday.

The U.S. military delegation led by Lt. Col. Brad Howle visited the headquarters of the Uzbekistan Air Defense Forces and the Air Force Monday, the Uzbek Ministry of Defense said.

The Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani will lead a delegation to Tashkent on September 10 to hold negotiations in the Senate, the Cabinet of Ministers and the Foreign Ministry, and to explore the ways to advance cooperation in the political, trade, economic, investment, scientific, technical, tourism, cultural and humanitarian and other fields.

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