The President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, announced measures to turn construction into a "corruption-free sector" at a meeting held on Monday. In particular, officials were instructed to re-develop 105 outdated construction standards based on advanced foreign experience.

One person was killed when two masked gunmen attacked the Santa Maria Catholic Church in Istanbul's Sarier district. After the attack, 47 people were arrested, including two foreigners - citizens of Russia and Tajikistan.

The US State Department has sent an official notice to Turkey regarding the sale of 40 F-16 Block fighter jets, the modernization of the existing 79 F-16s, and the supply of spare parts to them. The decision is likely to be approved by Congress following Turkey's approval of Sweden's accession to NATO.

Minister of Economy and Trade of Kyrgyzstan Daniyar Amangeldiev met with Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan Abdul Salam Hanafi. Issues related to the situation of Afghan Kyrgyz in the Greater and Lesser Pamirs were discussed at the meeting.

Azerbaijan reported that the number of landmines planted by Armenians in its territory exceeded 1 million. Since the end of the war in Karabakh in 2020, 342 Azerbaijani citizens suffered from mine explosions, 65 of them, including 3 journalists, were killed.

It is said that the delegation of Israel, which went to Uzbekistan to hire workers in the construction industry, encountered various bureaucratic obstacles and returned empty-handed. Israel also failed in India and Sri Lanka.

Azerbaijan's delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has suspended its activities in the structure. "No one in the world, including those sitting in this room, can speak the language of threats and blackmail with Azerbaijan. Never in the history of PACE has this organization behaved so shamelessly. "Despite the intolerable atmosphere of racism, Azeriphobia and Islamophobia that has arisen in the European Parliamentary Assembly, the delegation of Azerbaijan has decided to suspend its cooperation and participation in the European Parliamentary Assembly until further notice," the Azerbaijani delegation said in a statement.

Alexey Khamatkhanov, a soldier of the private military company "Wagner", who planned to go to the war in Ukraine in Uzbekistan, was found guilty under the article "Recruitment" and was imprisoned for 5 years.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev paid a state visit to China on January 23. Important meetings and negotiations took place during the visit. Azon Global will briefly highlight the most important aspects of this visit.

The General Assembly of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (GNTA) adopted a draft law approving the ratification of the protocol on Sweden's accession to NATO. 287 out of 346 deputies voted to ratify the protocol on Sweden's accession to NATO.