In Ukraine, where the war has been going on for almost two years, Uzbeks became the second among those who founded a new company after Turks. Since March 2022, Uzbek entrepreneurs have founded 312 companies. Turks - 396. Also, the largest number of Uzbek citizens have established business activities in the capital of Ukraine - 175 companies.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will be in Kazakhstan on a state visit on August 7-9 at the invitation of Kazakhstan's President Qasim-Jomart Tokayev. In addition to the bilateral talks, the President of Uzbekistan will also participate in the next consultative meeting of the leaders of the Central Asian countries and the first summit of the "Central Asia + Japan" dialogue, which will be held in Astana on August 9.

A man who wrote a comment on a Telegram channel post about the ambassador of Israel who is ending his diplomatic mission in Uzbekistan was summoned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He "disobeyed the legal requirements of the employees and cursed" near the office building. For this, the man was imprisoned for 10 days.

During the state visit of the Kyrgyz President Sadir Japarov to Uzbekistan, 16 documents were signed between the two countries. These include the protocol on the conclusion of bilateral negotiations on Uzbekistan's WTO membership, the protocol on amendments to the intergovernmental agreement on the mutual arrival and departure of citizens, and the intergovernmental agreement on resort and recreation facilities in Issyk-Kul.

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.