The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on July 2 said it is contributing to Uzbekistan’s objective of developing up to 25 GW of solar and wind capacity by 2030, by organising a facility of up to US$ 229.4 million for the development, design, construction and operation of a 500 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS)
The Creative Youth Forum: “Shaping the Science” was held on June 11-12 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. This landmark event brought together brilliant young minds from across the globe, fostering an environment of innovation, collaboration, and scientific exploration. The forum kicked off with an inspiring opening ceremony. Nobel Prize Winner Harold Varmus delivered the keynote address via
On June 27, Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev left his signature on the first electric vehicle that rolled off the assembly line of the joint venture BYD Uzbekistan Factory in the country’s Jizzakh region. In the first phase of the project, with a cost of $160 million, the new plant will have a production capacity of
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in cooperation with IT Academy on June 25 in Tashkent held an award ceremony for 25 graduates of the “IT4Everyone” regional project tailored for hearing-impaired individuals from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and the Kyrgyz Republic. Between March 18 and April 29, 115 participants from these countries received online sign language-adapted
According to the latest data released by the Statistics Agency of Uzbekistan, from January to May 2024 the country’s foreign trade amounted to $26.7 billion, with exports totaling $10.8 billion and imports — $15.8 billion. Compared to the same period last year, the country’s exports increased by 1.9% and imports — by 3.7%. China has
On June 24, during his first state visit to Uzbekistan, President of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh held negotiations with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Tashkent, with the main focus on deepening trade and economic cooperation between the two countries. During the meeting, the two leaders tasked their governments to establish a joint working group on
The World Bank on June 21 announced that Uzbekistan has become the first country in the world receiving a payment from the World Bank for reducing carbon emissions through a policy crediting program. This pioneering project – the Innovative Carbon Resource Application for Energy Transition (iCRAFT) – was crafted to support Uzbekistan in implementing energy efficiency measures,
The ECG World Championship Coaching and Eurasian Creative Week will be held in Uzbekistan (Tashkent, Khiva, Nukus) from June 22 to 29. The event is organized by the Eurasian Creative Guild and the Elena Bezrukov Center. Participants of the festival are coaches and artists from Kazakhstan, Israel, USA, Italy, Finland, Belarus, Great Britain, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan,
The World Bank has released Uzbekistan Country Gender Assessment Report which serves as a diagnostic tool to evaluate the state of gender equality in the country. Produced with the financial support of the government of the United Kingdom, The World Bank’s Uzbekistan Country Gender Assessment Report (CGA) examines gender equality in Uzbekistan across several domains,
The High-level Central Asian Forum on ‘Water and Climate Change’, organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in cooperation with the European Union and the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan earlier this month in Dushanbe, has become a cornerstone of the 3rd High-level International Conference on the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the International Association of Businesswomen “Tadbirkor Ayol” last week hosted the Central Asian Conference on “Women of Central Asia in the Hospitality Business: Current Challenges and Opportunities” in Tashkent. The event gathered approximately 200 women entrepreneurs, professionals, and industry experts from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and the Kyrgyz Republic
Bilateral meetings between the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, representatives of the Government of Uzbekistan, and the United States Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai took place in Tashkent on June 12. The United States and Uzbekistan affirmed their commitment to diversifying the bilateral trade and investment relationship and to deepening dialogue on shared economic priorities. Ambassador
The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the President of Türkiye Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held talks on June 6 in Ankara. The talks focused on the issues of further expansion of Uzbek-Turkish relations of comprehensive strategic partnership, and deepening of multifaceted cooperation, primarily in the political, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres. On the eve
An intergovernmental agreement on the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project was signed on June 6 in Beijing. The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway is a strategic infrastructure project that will connect China, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan, and create a new land transport corridor between Central and East Asia. Chinese President Xi Jinping, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev
The eleventh round of the annual High-Level Political and Security Dialogue between the European Union and the countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) took place in Brussels on June 5. The meeting was held at the level of Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the five Central Asian countries
On June 3, a symposium dedicated to cooperation in higher education between Korea and Central Asian countries was held in South Korea. The event was organized by the Secretariat of the Central Asia–Republic of Korea Cooperation Forum. Opening the symposium, Executive Director of the Secretariat of the Central Asia-Republic of Korea Cooperation Forum, Rhee Jong
China and five Central Asian nations have officially established a China-Central Asia emergency management cooperation mechanism, Xinhua reported. China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan signed a memorandum of understanding on the establishment of the mechanism during a ministerial meeting in Urumqi, the capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, last week. The six
On May 27, Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom and the Uzbek government signed an agreement on the construction of a small nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan. The agreement was signed during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Uzbekistan. The project involves the construction of a small nuclear power plant in the Jizzakh region of
Starting from June 1, Uzbekistan Airways will begin operating regular flights between Almaty (Kazakhstan) and Nukus, the main city of Uzbekistan’s northwestern Karakalpak Autonomous Region, the Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan has announced. Flights will run twice a week (on Wednesdays and Saturdays) on a 174-seat A320 aircraft. The ministry said that the new air
On May 28, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov held a roundtable meeting with about 30 leading Italian companies in Rome to discuss joint projects in energy, textile, transport, IT, engineering, and other areas. The Uzbek minister underscored the enormous potential of economic and investment cooperation between Uzbekistan and Italy. Speaking at the
