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The Straits Times
April 29, 2018
SAMARKAND, UZBEKISTAN (AFP) - Coiffed, cheerful and multilingual, identical twins Fatima and Zukhra Rakhmatova do not immediately resemble agents of ... Whether out of political pragmatism or genuine deference to a man he served for 13 years as prime minister, Karimov's successor, 60-year-oldÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
April 29, 2018
TASHKENT. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday arrived in Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent on a three-day official visit. The president was received by Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Nigmatovich Aripov, Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, Tashkent Mayor Jahongir Ortiqhojaev andÃâà...
Focus News
April 29, 2018
Tashkent. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday arrived in Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent on a three-day official visit. The president was received by Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Nigmatovich Aripov, Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, Tashkent Mayor Jahongir Ortiqhojaev andÃâà...
Times of India
April 28, 2018
Uzbekistan's ambassador to India Farhod Arziev met Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh here today, and discussed cooperation in areas ... Singh asked his officials to explore the possibility of knowledge sharing and transfer of agricultural technologies in coordination with the Uzbek embassy.
Daily Pioneer
April 28, 2018
Uzbekistan's ambassador to India Farhod Arziev met Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder on Saturday during a luncheon meeting, where the two ... asked his officials to explore the possibility of knowledge sharing and transfer of agricultural technologies, in coordination with the Uzbek embassy.
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
April 27, 2018
Though Mirziyoev expressed Uzbekistan's interest in them, it is unlikely either of these projects will move forward in the near future. Surprisingly, in judging from official reports about their meetings, the two leaders did not discuss the so-called Line D of the Turkmenistan-China gas pipeline network -- whichÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
April 27, 2018
Mirziyoev said the previous mayor's job performance was unsatisfactory, adding that efforts to improve people's living standards under the old mayor were moving at the speed of a “turtle.” The president warned Uzbek officials that they should try to “keep people content” as the “only guarantee” to keep theirÃâà...
MFA China
April 26, 2018
On April 24, 2018, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks in Beijing with Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov of Uzbekistan. Wang Yi expressed that since the establishment of comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Uzbekistan, both countries have continuously enhancedÃâà...
http://www.kazakh-tv.kz/
April 12, 2018
Tajikistan has started exporting electricity to Uzbekistan. According to CA-News, the Central Asian news service, the power supply line is introduced from the Regar power station to the Gulcha station. The total amount of electricity exports to Uzbekistan will make up at least 1.5 billion kilowatt hours a year.
EurasiaNet
April 12, 2018
Uzbekistan has just adopted a new law regulating the functions of its security services, the recently rebranded State Security Service, or SGB. The legislation was ... Article 12 of the new law forbids state bodies, other organizations or officials from interfering in the operations of the SGB. And Article 37 grantsÃâà...
Yonhap News
April 12, 2018
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha will embark upon a three-day trip from Monday that will take her to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, according to the ministry. She is to meet with the Kazak and Uzbek foreign ministers on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively. They are expected to discuss ways to deepenÃâà...
bdnews24.com
April 12, 2018
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has requested the foreign minister of Uzbekistan to resume the Uzbek Air flight to Dhaka, facilitate the ... Welcoming the State Minister to Uzbekistan after 18 years of last bilateral visit from Bangladesh, Khafizovich hoped that this visit would open newÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
April 9, 2018
The new Uzbek president's efforts to make it easier for ordinary citizens to discuss their issues with government officials has not gone down well in some ... Villagers in the rural district of Boz in Uzbekistan's east have noticed a lot of strange things going on recently -- roads being repaired, people gettingÃâà...
New York Times
April 4, 2018
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan — Every five to 10 minutes, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. seven days a week, a fresh group of Uzbek pilgrims troops into the tomb of .... Last July the new government of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who had been Mr. Karimov's prime minister, briefly broke its silence on Ms. Karimova.
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
April 3, 2018
There was no official statement on the alleged arrest in the tightly controlled Central Asian country. Uzbekistan has arrested several former senior law enforcement agency officials -- including a former top prosecutor and an ex-interior minister -- in recent months after President Shavkat Mirziyoev repeatedlyÃâà...
The New York Review of Books
March 27, 2018
The meeting, which takes place today, brings together the foreign ministers of India, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Russia, Afghanistan, all four Central Asian ... Senior Uzbek officials at a recent conference told me that they are deeply concerned by the presence of several thousand Islamic State and TalibanÃâà...
Astana Times
March 21, 2018
ASTANA – The Joint Intergovernmental Commission on Bilateral Cooperation between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, co-chaired by Kazakh First Deputy Prime Minister Askar Mamin and Uzbek First Deputy Prime Minister Ochilboy Ramatov, met March 14 to discuss relations between the states, including theÃâà...
Forum 18
March 19, 2018
The authorities in Uzbekistan's Navoi Region keep raiding and punishing local Baptists "to stop them meeting for worship and peaceful religious activity". Baptists also said that the authorities compel the relatives of ethnic Uzbek Christians to try to stop family members from meeting co-believers.
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 19, 2018
The death of a schoolteacher who relatives and colleagues say was hit by a truck while cleaning streets in Samarkand ahead of a visit by President Shavkat Mirziyoev, has sparked controversy in tightly controlled Uzbekistan. Regional officials on March 18 denied reports that 23-year-old Diana EnikeevaÃâà...
Reliefweb
March 16, 2018
Four Central Asian states – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan – have argued over their water resources since the collapse of the ... Kyrgyz, Tajik and Uzbek water management officials in border areas should convene bilaterally and trilaterally to identify potential sites of conflict over water.
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 16, 2018
TASHKENT -- A judge says that a medical examination has not confirmed torture claims by an Uzbek journalist who is on trial. ... days and threatened that his daughter who lives in Russia would be raped, his other children living in Uzbekistan would be killed, and his wife would be jailed, Mayorov said.
BBC News
March 15, 2018
Police in the Uzbek capital are now banned from hiding behind trees "and other objects" while carrying out transport checks, it's reported. The Tashkent ... Local media are embracing the reforms, saying that officials' hiding behind buildings or trees has become a problem in the country. There have beenÃâà...
AzerNews
March 14, 2018
Kazakh Minister of Investment and Development Zhenis Kassymbek revealed the countries' plans to increase bus, air and rail frequencies between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Speaking at the 17th session of the Kazakh-Uzbek Intergovernmental Commission today, the minister said that the sides areÃâà...
AzerNews
March 14, 2018
Uzbekistan has seriously taken up the issue of accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). In this regard, the country is implementing a number of measures, podrobno.uz reported. In particular, not only international experts and domestic ministries and agencies are involved in this process, but alsoÃâà...
EurasiaNet
March 7, 2018
Authorities in Uzbekistan last month arrested long-serving former General Prosecutor Rashid Kadyrov on corruption charges and have now ... RFE/RL's Uzbek service, Radio Ozodlik, also cited unnamed sources in the General Prosecutor's Office as saying Kadyrov is accused of “laundering money throughÃâà...
Trend News Agency
March 6, 2018
Proposals on creation of lowcoster under the Uzbek Airways, the flag carrier of Uzbekistan, will be submitted to the Uzbek Ministers' Cabinet until May 1, 2018, Uzbek media reported on March 6 citing the Uzbek president's decree “On measures aimed at ensuring security of the Uzbek citizens during theirÃâà...
Trend News Agency
March 6, 2018
Uzbekistan is interested in attracting investments for promotion of joint projects with Russia, as well as in cooperation in training highly qualified ... The cooperation was discussed during a meeting between Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, visiting TashkentÃâà...
Catholic Culture
March 6, 2018
CWN Editor's Note: “The citizens of Uzbekistan lived through state-imposed atheism during the Soviet era when religions and religious practices were heavily curtailed,” the report concluded. Today, “believers have to carefully navigate the boundaries for practicing their religions or beliefs or they risk beingÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 5, 2018
The trial of an Uzbek journalist who says his jailers tortured him and told him his children would be raped or killed has been postponed until later in the ... to psychological torture including threats that his daughter who lives in Russia would be raped, his other children living in Uzbekistan would be killed,Ãâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
February 24, 2018
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said two other former prosecution officials, who worked under Qodirov, were also arrested on February 22. The moves ... At a meeting of ministers in August 2017, the Uzbek president called officials at the Prosecutor-General's Office "the biggest thieves.".
TASS
February 23, 2018
Russia, US, China invited to Afghanistan conference in Tashkent - Uzbek foreign minister ... and some other countries have received invitations to attend the international conference on peace and security in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan's Foreign Minister Abdulaziz ... "The conference will be held at the level of foreign ministers.
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
February 22, 2018
Uzbek authorities have arrested the country's former prosecutor-general, the latest in a series of top government officials who have been caught up in an apparent purge by the administration of President Shavkat Mirziyoev. An official with the country's Prosecutor-General's Office told RFE/RL that RashidÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
February 21, 2018
Secretly recorded audio obtained by RFE/RL appears to show the Uzbek finance minister's eagerness to deliver on President Shavkat Mirziyoev's demands that his ministry be purged of "incompetent" old-guard "rats." The ministry has reportedly dismissed some 1,000 employees since Mirziyoev used theÃâà...
The Diplomat
February 12, 2018
In October, Uzbek Foreign Minister Kamilov had led a delegation to Tehran which returned to Tashkent after signing agreements in the agricultural and textile sectors. There's more room for economic linkages between Iran and Uzbekistan. The visit also featured the start of discussions on exporting IranianÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
December 31, 1999
More concerning for Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov is how Uzbekistan is achieving such a turnaround. ... Uzbek ties with Turkmenistan are better, too, but they were already good when Mirziyoev became leader -- and Mirziyoev's first official visit as Uzbekistan's elected president wasÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
December 31, 1999
... Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has visited Uzbekistan's western region of Khorezm, which neighbors Turkmenistan, on the last day of his official visit. Berdymukhammedov met with representatives of the Turkmen diaspora in the region on April 24, and visited the House of Uzbek-Turkmen Friendship,Ãâà...
Mehr News Agency
December 31, 1999
Uzbek Minister of Foreign Trade, Jamshid Khodjaev, who accompanied the Uzbek economic delegation on a two-day visit to Iran, took part in the 12th ... He went on to add that Uzbekistan is planning to design three different types of visas for Iranian tourists, businessmen and state officials. The 12thÃâà...
New York Times
December 31, 1999
Uzbekistan has freed a reporter who was incarcerated for nearly two decades on sedition charges, the longest-known prison term served by a journalist, human rights advocates said Friday. The reporter, Yusuf Ruzimuradov, 64, who worked for a newspaper banned by the Uzbek authorities, had been heldÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
December 31, 1999
Former Uzbek Interior Minister Zakir Almatov (second from left) is shown with other Uzbek security officials in Tashkent in 2005. ... Perhaps more than any other Uzbek official, Almatov's name is linked with the violent events -- some say massacre -- that took place in Uzbekistan's eastern city of Andijon onÃâà...
