Chairman of the People's Government of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Erkin Tuniyaz visited Uzbekistan and met with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov. During the meetings, it was reported that 10 percent of the trade between Uzbekistan and China is accounted for by the SHUAR, and the portfolio of investment projects in cooperation with this region is 3.5 billion dollars.

The delegation of Uzbekistan headed by Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov visited the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and held multilateral talks with the leadership of the Taliban. At the meetings, the issues of increasing the mutual trade turnover to 1 billion dollars in 2024 and to 3 billion dollars in the near future, organizing an exhibition of Uzbekistan products in Afghanistan, and ensuring the active work of Afghan entrepreneurs in Uzbekistan were discussed.