The President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, at the informal summit of the Organization of Turkic States held in Shusha, Azerbaijan, among other issues such as the development of trade and transport routes, joint fight against climate change, also touched on the topics of Gaza and Afghanistan, "where many millions of Turkic peoples live".

The religious administration of Karachay-Cherkas Muslims also made a decision on the temporary wearing of the veil in the republic. Ismail Haji Berdiev, the mufti of the Republic, the chairman of the Center for the Coordination of Activities of North Caucasian Muslims

The second round of presidential elections in Iran ended with the victory of Masoud Pezeshkian, representative of the reformist bloc. 53.6% of voters voted for Masud Pezeshkian. The 69-year-old politician was born in the west of Iran in an ethnic Azerbaijani family.

The Kyrgyz special services reported that an attempted coup was prevented in the country. It is noted that four citizens of Kyrgyzstan were arrested as a result of the rapid search operations. Also, during the search, components for improvised explosive devices, firearms, ammunition, walkie-talkies, armor, uniforms of law enforcement officers, drones, extremist literature, as well as other prohibited items were found and confiscated.

In the first 5 months of 2024, 2.2 million or 35.5 percent (569.2 thousand) more citizens of Uzbekistan went abroad for tourism. The largest number of Uzbeks went to Kyrgyzstan - about 1 million people. Tajikistan (449.8 thousand), Kazakhstan (322.5 thousand) and Saudi Arabia (100.2 thousand) are in the next places.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will be in Azerbaijan on a working visit on July 5-6 to participate in the informal summit of the Organization of Turkic States to be held in Shusha.

A summit of leaders of the member states of the Organization of Turkic States will be held on July 5-6 in the city of Shusha, Azerbaijan, which was liberated from the occupation of Armenia. The summit, with the theme "Building a sustainable future through transport links and combating climate change", is expected to serve as a platform for high-level discussions on the main issues and agenda of the organization.

According to the new law signed by the President, the organization and holding of Umrah events in Uzbekistan is now defined as a separate type of licensed activity. Entrepreneurs who do not fulfill the requirements of this law will be fined in the amount of 200 times the BHM (currently - 68 million soums). Also, a state fee of 10 times BHM (3.4 million soums) for obtaining a license is paid to the Committee on Religious Affairs, which is designated as the competent body in this field.

Turkish intelligence has stepped up surveillance of US and British citizens visiting the country. It is said that some of the citizens of these countries may be acting as spies and clients in order to destabilize the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

At least 4,000 Zionists with Turkish and Israeli passports went to Gaza after October 7 and participated in the killing of Palestinians in the ranks of the Israeli army. 65 of them were killed at the front, and 110 were wounded in various degrees. According to Turkiye newspaper, 20,000 dual citizens live in Turkey, and 250,000 Israelis live in Israel. The general in charge of Israel's "Iron Dome" system has also been found to have Turkish citizenship.