Pursuant to the instruction by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev during his Fergana province trip on June 22-23, the Uzbekistan Railways launched electric train service between Kokand, Margilan and Andijan, UzA reports.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today received the visiting president of the Asian Infrastructure Investments Bank (ABII), Jin Liqun, Uzbekistan 24 reported.

President of Uzbekistan issued a decree on August 7, 2017 dismissing Sharapov Anvar Kurbanovich from the position of the chairman of the Tourism development committee “due to his being appointed to another post”.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov chaired an interagency meeting yesterday which was attended by representatives of the President’s Office, the General Prosecutor's Office, the Interior ministry, Employment and labor relations ministry, the Identity Center (passport issuing authority) within the Cabinet of Ministers, External labor migration agency and other government agencies.

The population of Uzbekistan as of July 1 stood at 32.345 million people, an increase by 224.5 thousand from 31 December 2016, or by 0.7%. The urban population is 16.353 million (or 50.6% of total population), and the rural population is 15.9 million (49.4%), the Statistics Committee announced on its website.

Shavkat Tulyaganov has been appointed as First deputy adviser to the President of Uzbekistan responsible for social and economic policy.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the National Nuclear Security Administration within the US Department of Energy (NNSA/DOE) and the Uzbekistan’s Customs Committee, following the meeting between the US Ambassador to Uzbekistan Pamela Spratlen and the First Deputy Chairman of the Uzbek Customs Committee, Bakhtiyar Raimov.

The visiting Political Director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Special Envoy to the President of Serbia, Zoran Vujic held talks today at the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Uzbekistan.

Alisher Mustafayev has been appointed as chairman of the board of UzTransGaz, the company announced in a statement. Earlier, Alisher Mustafayev (50 years old) worked in various positions within UzbekNeftegaz, including in MubarekNeftegaz.

Today at the Uzbek Foreign Ministry were held a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea Kwon Yong-woo.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a meeting with writers, poets, filmmakers, actors, musicians and other creative people on Thursday. At the meeting large companies, agencies, banks reportedly proposed sponsorship for creative organizations.

Bobur Alikhanov has been appointed as interim chairman of the state-owned National Television and Radio Company (NTRC), replacing  Khurshid Mirzahidov who was dismissed from post on the eve, the website of the Uzbekistan 24 channel reported .

The Executive Director of ISTEDOD Fund, Abdunabi Pardaev spoke about novelties introduced in the organization. So, this year it is planned to allocate over 40 billion soums for various programs.

Helena Fraser presented to the Minister the letter of United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres about her appointment in Uzbekistan.

Khurshid Mirzahidov has been dismissed from the post of chairman of the state-owned Television and Radio Company (NTRC), a source in NTRC said.

Today the Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov hosted the newly designated Ambassador of Pakistan, Irfan Yusuf Shami.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev yesterday issued a decree appointing Shukhrat Sadikov as the director of the newly created National Project Management Agency under the President of Uzbekistan.

In first half year, the Consular Office and the consular missions of the Uzbek Foreign Ministry issued visas to 123,36 foreign nationals, of which 51,170 are tourist and 17 thousand business visas, the Foreign Ministry announced.

Starting from August 1, the Samarkand international airport will be open for international and domestic flights after completion of an overhaul of runways, Uzbekistan Airways said in a statement.

According to the Uzbek Foreign Ministry, as of August 1, 2017, there are 30 correspondents of foreign news agencies, online and press media officially accredited under the Foreign Ministry. Among them, 9 from China, 6 - from Russia, 4 - from Azerbaijan, 3 - from Turkey. Great Britain and Afghanistan are represented by 2 journalists, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and Iran each has 1 reporter.