Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev delivered a speech at the Abu Dhabi Sustainable Development Week summit, outlining the country's priority goals for sustainable development and "green" growth.
Uzbekistan and Iran plan to establish a joint committee in the field of tourism and expand cooperation within the framework of UNESCO. In addition, Iran has invited an Uzbek delegation to the International Tourism Exhibition to be held in Tehran in February.
It has been 466 days since Israel launched its war of aggression and genocide in the Gaza Strip. Key events that took place in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and the entire Middle East over the past 24 hours.
Hanifa Mirganieva, who was previously imprisoned in Uzbekistan with her husband for teaching children the Quran, had sought refuge in Turkey. Unfortunately, the woman was re-arrested on December 30 during a raid on her residence in that country.
Turkey has delivered 730 tons of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. This aid includes 4,000 tents, 43,000 blankets, kitchen equipment and food packages. For your information, Turkey is the first country to provide assistance to refugees.
The volume of water in the northern part of the Aral Sea has increased by 42 percent to 27 billion cubic meters, the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of Kazakhstan reported. The salinity of the water has decreased fourfold, and the annual catch has increased to 8,000 tons.
The Kyrgyz parliament is discussing a bill that would replace the suffixes "ov"/"ova" and "vich"/"vna" with "uulu" (for boys) and "qizi" (for girls). While the bill has not been approved, parliament speaker Nurlanbek Shakiev has changed his surname to Nurlanbek Turgunbek uulu.
Five men died in the city of Samarkand after consuming homemade alcohol. Four of the deceased died at home and one in the hospital. A criminal case has been opened against the person who sold the drinks.
The Center for Islamic Civilization of Uzbekistan has enriched its book treasury with another valuable work. A facsimile copy of the work "Ravnaq-ul-bo'ston" by Qazi Abdurakhmon, son of the great astronomer and mathematician Ali Kushchi, was brought to the center.