Kazakhstan plans to allocate 10-12 billion dollars from the state budget to this project if the construction of the NPP is approved in the popular referendum. The President of Kazakhstan, Kasim-Jomart Tokaev, proposed to put the question of the construction of the NPP to a national referendum in September 2023. It is said that the NPP will be commissioned by 20235.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan reacted to the cease-fire plan announced by US President Joe Biden in the Gaza Strip. It was noted that Uzbekistan is in favor of resolving conflicts only peacefully and with the help of all available diplomatic means. "We welcome the initiative of the United States to cease fire, release hostages and restore peaceful life," said the representative of the ministry.
The press secretary of the President of Uzbekistan, Sherzod Asadov, reported that the number of Uzbek labor migrants in Russia has decreased at least four times over the last eight years. He attributed the return of several million Uzbek citizens to the country with the success of economic reforms in Uzbekistan.
Columbia Law Review website shut down after article critical of Israel. The website of the 123-year-old Columbia Law Review magazine in the USA was closed due to the article written by Palestinian Rabea Egbaria, a graduate student of the Harvard Law Faculty, accusing Israel of genocide. The article's author noted that the site's shutdown should be seen as "a small part of the larger authoritarian crackdown on college campuses across the United States."
The President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, had a telephone conversation with the Chairman of the Office of Muslims in Mecca, Mufti Sheikh Nuriddin Khaliqnazar. The head of state asked about the processes of preparation for the blessed Haj pilgrimage, the conditions created for Uzbek pilgrims, their health and mood.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Taliban welcomed the relevant statement of the President of Kazakhstan, Kasim-Jomart Tokaev, and noted that this step of Astana has achieved success in understanding the situation in Afghanistan and that the obstacles to bringing bilateral relations, in particular, economic cooperation to a new level, have been removed.
President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay an official visit to this country on June 6 at the invitation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. As part of the visit, it is planned to hold the third meeting of the Strategic Cooperation Council in Ankara under the chairmanship of the leaders of the two countries.
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, stated that despite the fact that the Central Asian countries are neutral in the war, they are "more inclined towards the Russian Federation because they are afraid of the Kremlin". Kazakhstan responded to this.
It has been 241 days since Israel launched its war of aggression and destruction in the Gaza Strip. 24 hours of major events in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and the entire Middle East.
Kazakhstan removed the "Taliban" movement from the list of terrorist organizations in order to actively involve Afghanistan in interregional relations. The President of Kazakhstan emphasized "the importance of the development of trade and economic cooperation with modern Afghanistan" and that the Taliban regime is a "long-term factor".