At the regular meeting of the Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on Political Issues and International Cooperation, the draft statement of the State of Palestine on the situation in the Gaza Strip was considered. It also took into account the views and suggestions of Uzbekistan.

Alexander Bortnikov, the head of the FSB, said that one of the goals of the act of subversive action in "Crocus City Hall" was to undermine the relations between the CIS countries. In his opinion, those who ordered this terrorist attack used religious and national factors.

The Ministry of Defense announced that an international competition for shooting from the "Makarov" pistol and "Kalashnikov" machine gun was held at the Chirchik mountain training ground. The Uzbek military won the competition in which representatives of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan took part.