President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and President of Kyrgyzstan Sadir Japarov took part in the launching ceremony of major cooperation projects. For example, the Cobalt, Onix and Tracker car production plant started working in cooperation with Uzbekistan in the Chuy region of Kyrgyzstan, while the construction of two solar power plants was started in Fergana and Namangan.

This year, Kazakhstan plans to increase the supply of Russian gas to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, and gas of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to China. For example, last year, 1.28 billion cubic meters of gas were delivered from Russia to Uzbekistan, and this year it is planned to increase this figure to 3.8 billion.

The situation in Afghanistan was discussed at the meeting, and the need to expand humanitarian aid to the Afghan people and develop a general strategy of the world community towards this country was emphasized. The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev awarded UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres with the Order of "Highest Friendship".

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.

Today, on June 29, UN Secretary General António Guterres will start his trip to the countries of Central Asia. It is noted that he will first visit Uzbekistan, then Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. Gutterish will also participate in the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Astana on July 4.

It is not clear why the Uzbeks died. Earlier, Saudi authorities reported that more than 1,300 people lost their lives during the 2024 Hajj season. Among the dead are several elderly people and people with chronic diseases. In addition, Makkah experienced scorching heat during Hajj days. It is also said that pilgrims without official documents could not enter the air-conditioned facilities along the Hajj route.

The 14th package of sanctions of the European Union includes 116 individuals and legal entities responsible for actions that undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. In addition to Russian enterprises, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are also included in the "black list". In particular, sanctions were applied against 3 companies of Uzbekistan - Alfa Beta Creative LLC, GFK Logistics Asia LLC, Mvizion LLC.

An agreement was signed between Uzbekistan and Oman on the exemption of holders of diplomatic passports from visa requirements.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received a delegation led by Minister of National Defense of Turkey Yashar Guler. At the meeting, prospects for the development of military and military-technical cooperation, including strengthening of close inter-departmental relations, organization of joint events, training of military specialists and other issues were discussed.

In Uzbekistan, administrative responsibility is established for attracting a child to receive illegal religious education by parents or their substitutes. The relevant draft law was adopted by deputies in the first reading on June 25.