President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, during his recent visit to Samarkand, instructed to build an elevated light metro, the Deputy PM in charge of Social Development Aziz Abdukhakimov told Uzbekistan 24.

This last week a numerous delegation of top-level officials and business folk from Uzbekistan paid a first-ever such visit to the US, initially to Washington DC for policy consultations then to New York for days-long conferences. The one I attended in Manhattan, geared to capital markets, was a real eye-opener, genuinely even surprisingly impressive. One watched in something like awe as frank, detailed, convincingly documented presentations (in English) about capital investment opportunities followed one another. By youthful Uzbek CEO's of industrial and banking concerns essentially to an audience of Wall Street finance companies. I canvassed the Americans and found the mood to be uniformly enthusiastic. They were going to do some serious business. I also spoke with the American-educated Atabek Nazirov, Director of Capital Markets Development Agency (CMDA), a ministry level post. Conclusion: Uzbekistan is thawing out and opening up.

Umidjan Israilov has been appointed deputy minister of energy, the ministry said. Previously, he served as chairman at the Uzbek-Korean joint venture Uz-Kor Gas Chemical, which operates the Ustyurt Gas Chemical Complex in Karakalpakstan.

Lines of riot police officers in body armor and helmets blocked the streets of central Moscow on Saturday, arresting more than 1,300 demonstrators — chasing some of them down alleys — to blunt a protest over the fairness of coming city elections.

The first Uzbekistan-Belarus Provinces Forum will open today in Minsk, BelTA said. The program of the forum includes three thematic sections: industrial cooperation, the agro-industrial complex, cooperation in the humanitarian, IT and science. The main theme of the plenary session on July 30 will be the cooperation between the ptrovinces as a key factor in the development of bilateral ties. It is expected that about 15 inter-province cooperation deal, as well as trade contracts will be signed at the forum sites.

Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov, who visited Urgench on Saturday, chaired a video-conference meeting on the issue of real estate demolitions, which was attended by the ministers, governors and mayors.

Members of the LGBT community of Uzbekistan addressed a letter to President Mirziyoyev requesting to delete the Article 120 (Homosexualism) form the Criminal Code.

The second terminal of the Tashkent business aviation airport will be built by Swiss companies B&A Contractors S. A. and IT Engineering S. A., which are part of the Mabetex Group, the main contractor Uzbekistan Railways said.

On 24 July 2019, a groundbreaking ceremony was held in Ferghana city within KOICA’s project for Establishment of Vocational Training Center in Ferghana province in Uzbekistan. The First Deputy Minister of Employment and Labor Relations of the Republic of Uzbekistan Mukhitdinov E.M., Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea in Uzbekistan Kang Jae Kwon, Director of KOICA Uzbekistan Office Son Sung Il, representatives of the Ferghana provincial administration, project’s designing and construction companies and other high level guests attended the event.

After a quarter-century under Islam Karimov, whose repressive rule brought a strong measure of economic isolation, Uzbekistan is taking steps to open its economy to foreign investment, the Radio Liberty said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev during his trip to Samarkand familiarized himself with the Samarkand international airport reconstruction project, the presidential press service said.

The boy was just seven when his mother first left for Russia in search of better opportunities. This spring, it rained a lot in Behbud’s village.  As he walks down an empty, muddy road, replaying a conversation with his mother, his boots get soaked with water. “She will come. Soon,” he murmurs.

The government issued the Additional measures to ensure public safety at restaurants and entertainment venues at nighttime resolution, the Ministry of Justice said.

On July 24, the Foreign Ministry presented a report to the Senate Committee for international relations, economic relations, foreign investments and tourism for H1 of 2019. The report included the steps being taken to address the Aral Sea crisis.

Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov today hosted the newly appointed Ambassador of India, Santosh Jha, the press service of the Foreign Ministry said.

The early morning breeze in the old part of the town carries music playing at a nearby café, attracting passersby. The strays of sun gently warm the street, although in the shade the cold still bites the skin. Among the sightseeing backpackers, the petite girl shows up at the half-filled pond in the town center.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev wıll pay an official visit to Belarus from July 31 to August 1. This was by the Uzbek Ambassador to Belarus Nosirjon Yusupov announced at a briefin.

The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev today held a telephone conversation with the UAE Deputy PM/Minister of Presidential Affairs Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the presidential press service said.

The European Union (EU) provides a €2 million grant towards a UNDP programme that will enable Afghan women to graduate from universities in neighbouring Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan’s Permanent Representative at the UN office and other international organizations in Geneva, Ulugbek Lapasov, met yesterday with Roberto Azavedo, Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Foreign Ministry said.