A number of cities of Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan signed agreements on the establishment of mutual fraternal relations within the framework of the II interregional forum held in Guba. According to them, Gulistan and Fuzuli, Termiz and Bilasuvar, Namangan and Mingachevir became sister cities.
Uzbekistan has sent another humanitarian aid to the people of Afghanistan affected by floods. The aid includes tents, as well as flour, rice, canned food, pasta, oil and other products. Floods occurred in the north of Afghanistan due to heavy rains in early May, and hundreds of people died. Baghlan region suffered the most from the incident.
1,300 scientists across Israel issued a statement saying "the benefits of continuing the war are unclear." It has been argued that the right to self-defense does not grant the right to continue a war for an unrealistic goal or for the political survival of leaders.
President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the Iranian embassy in Tashkent on May 21 and expressed his condolences on the death of Ibrahim Raisi and others. Shavkat Mirziyoyev was accompanied by the Chief Mufti of Uzbekistan Nuriddin Khaliqnazarov.
Kasim-Jomart Tokaev signed the law on ratification of the treaty on the alliance relations between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The document aims to expand cooperation in political, trade-economic, transit-transport, energy, civil defense and other fields.
A draft law on Islamic banking has been developed, which will be submitted to the parliament this year, said Behzod Hamroev, deputy chairman of the MB. He said that in the near future it is expected that the regulatory documents on Islamic financial services will be adopted in microfinance organizations.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog responded to the International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan's statement that an arrest warrant had been issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Herzog said the issuance of arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant was a "one-sided political move."
Due to the devaluation of the ruble, political events and the recent Crocus terrorist attack, the number of Kyrgyz working in Russia has almost halved. This was reported by Esenbek Ergeshov, chief specialist of the Center for Employment of Citizens Abroad under the Ministry of Labor, Social Protection and Migration of Kyrgyzstan.
The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev expressed his condolences to the Supreme Religious Leader of this country, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in connection with the death of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ibrahim Raisi and the persons accompanying him as a result of the tragedy that occurred in the north of Iran.
US Central Command trucks began delivering humanitarian aid from a temporary port established by the US in the Gaza Strip. The vehicles left the temporary port at 09:00 local time.