Author: Leo Luther Alvarez

China’s top political advisor Wang Huning on Wednesday met with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who is in Beijing for the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. Wang, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, noted that the two countries share similar development philosophies and are good partners on the path toward modernization. China is willing to work with Uzbekistan to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, uphold mutual support, solidarity and trust, and promote high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, Wang said. Mirziyoyev said his visit to China this…

AKIPRESS.COM – US authorities and Interpol are looking for Nodir Yunusov, the founder of the Samo pharmaceutical company. This company supplied iodine preparations that were taken by children poisoned in Uzbekistan, Uzbek blogger Nikita Makarenko stated on his page on social media. The investigation took place in Kansas City, Missouri from 2005 to 2009. According to US authorities, 23-year-old Uzbek Yunusov, working for Giant Labor Solutions (GLS), illegally hired foreign citizens, trafficked people and forced them to work. Some of Yunusov’s accomplices were detained that same year, but he and his accomplices Agzamov and Shukurov escaped. According to the website Orginfo.uz,…

Central Asia’s abundant natural resources and strategic location make it an important player in the adjustment of the international political and economic structure. At the same time, the topic of Central Asian integration has long elicited heated debates among various stakeholders. The regional integration process of the Central Asian countries following their independence can be delineated into three distinct phases. The initial phase, spanning from 1990 to 2005, was characterized by the emergence of collaborative endeavors among the region’s newly sovereign states. This period witnessed the establishment of the Central Asian Union, which subsequently transformed into the Central Asian Cooperation…

Karimova, 51, who has been imprisoned in Tashkent since 2014, is accused of having plundered hundreds of millions of dollars from Uzbekistan and systematically bribing corporate executives and government officials around the world. She is also accused of having laundered ill-gotten gains through an array of companies and bank accounts centred in Switzerland. Swiss prosecutors filed a case against Karimova – who for years travelled the world as a UN diplomat, with immunity from prosecution, promoting her fashion brands and hobnobbing with celebrities – in the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona on Thursday afternoon. The case accuses her of…

AKIPRESS.COM – The joint Uzbekistan-Korean transport logistics companies will be established in Uzbekistan, and the export of Uzbekistan products to the Republic of Korea will be organized, UzA reports. It is also planned to create a complex for processing solid household waste. These issues were discussed by Chairperson of the Senate of the Parliament of Uzbekistan Tanzila Narbayeva and Chairman of Eurasia Networks Group, Senior Vice President of the Korea Uzbekistan Business Association (KUBA) Kim Chang-Keon. President of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Chang Won-sam emphasized new opportunities to expand bilateral relations during the talks. It was noted that the…

Deputy Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan Badriddin Abidov supported the idea of creation of alternative logistical routes with the Eurasian Economic Union member states. He voiced his position at the meeting of the joint working group with participation of Eurasian Economic Commission’s Minister Sergey Glaziev in Samarkand. The leader of the delegation of Uzbekistan noted a great potential of the EAEU’s Eurasian Agroexpress Project and suggested establishment of partnerships between universities with the purpose of training of qualified engineers and technicians for the industry. “It is great that a new track between Uzbekistan and the Eurasian Economic…

The International Conference on Food Security kicked off in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on Thursday. Over 620 foreign guests from 32 countries and 30 international organizations, including Türkiye, are taking part in the conference. Addressing the conference, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said that the coronavirus pandemic led to a disruption in the supply of agricultural products. All countries felt the consequences of the pandemic but the poorest countries of the world suffer most, he added. The president said that the introduction of “green” technologies into the production of agricultural products and freedom of trade and transportation of goods would contribute to overcoming…

At the invitation of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus, a parliamentary delegation of the Republic of Uzbekistan is paying an official visit to our country. The Presidents of Belarus and Uzbekistan take a pragmatic look at the future, said Chairwoman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan Tanzila Narbayeva, BELTA reports. “Education is a priority not only for Belarus, but for all countries of the world. The initiatives of r President Alexander Lukashenko once again convince us of how pragmatically our presidents look forward. Our head…

China’s Vice Premier, He Lifeng, has been discussing with his counterpart Rustam Emomali of Tajikistan an acceleration of the Line “D” construction of the Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan-China gas pipeline. Emomali is also responsible for Tajikistan’s State power and is on an official visit to China to deal directly with this and other projects bottleneck issues. China is keen to develop alternative sources of energy supplies in order to provide competition with Russia. The issue is likely to have significant spin-off benefits for Tajikistan. The Tajik State Power Executive, based in the Tajik capital Dushanbe, stated “It was considered necessary to attract modern…

Early voting in the presidential elections has kicked off in Uzbekistan, Trend reports. The early voting will take place from June 28 through July 5, as announced by the Central Election Commission of Uzbekistan. The actual election day is scheduled for July 9. The upcoming presidential elections will be the first to take place after the amendments to the constitution based on the results of the referendum held on April 30, 2023 entered in force. These amendments entail an extension of the president’s term from 5 to 7 years. Source: Trend News Agency