President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has visited the Shaffof Omadli Sanoat private enterprise operating in the Kokand Free Economic Zone.

Tashkent hosted Uzbekistan International Textile Conference within the framework of Global Textile Days Tashkent 2019. It was attended by representatives, scientists and experts from 36 countries.

The Embassy of Uzbekistan in Delhi, together with Uzbekipaksanoat Association and the Indian Silk Export Promotion Council, held a presentation of Uzbekistan’s potential for manufacturing silk products.

Two combined-cycle plants with a capacity of 230-280 MW each are under construction at the Takhiatash Thermal Power Station.

This was the idea that the head of our state put forward while visiting the construction site of the Presidential School in the city of Nukus.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has got acquainted with the project for the construction of a mining and metallurgical complex on the basis of Tebinbulak deposit in Karakalpakstan’s Karauzyak district.

Some time in its history Muinak was famed for its fishing industry. During last year’s trip to the region, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev voiced recommendations to revive and promote the fishing industry based on existing reservoirs.

On August 12, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a video-conference meeting to discuss issues of increasing and efficiently using the export potential of industries and regions, attracting and delivering on investments, primarily foreign direct ones, and expanding the scale of localization of production.

During his trip to the Samarkand region, Shavkat Mirziyoyev has visited the farm Pure Milk Oqdaryo in the Akdarya district.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the Republic of the Philippines (with residence in Beijing) Bakhtiyor Saidov met with the President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Takehiko Nakao at ADB Headquarters in Manila.

The city of Khiva hosted the First International Tournament “Strongmen Games” named after Pahlavon Mahmud.

On June 8, Ichan Kala fortress hosted the grand opening ceremony of the First International Tournament “Strongmen Games” named after Pahlavon Mahmud.

State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Tourism Development and Khokimiyat of Khorezm region, with the support of Weightlifting Federation of Uzbekistan and the World Strongmen Federation, organize the First International Tournament “Games of Heroes”.

On June 7-9, 2019 the 1st open international tournament “The Wrestling Games” will take place in Khiva city, Uzbekistan. The event is organized in the memory of Pahlavon Mahmud.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan adopted the decree on the special program that lists the measures to build the infrastructure applicable to host Asian Games in Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan hosted Asian Road Cycling Championships.

Tashkent hosted the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup, organized by the Ministry of Physical Culture and Sports of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the National Olympic Committee, Uzbekistan Gymnastics Federation and the International Gymnastics Federation.

Malaysia hosted the first Asia Pacific ITF Taekwon-Do (School) Championship in the city of Shah Alam. The championship was organized by the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF), the Asia Taekwondo Federation (ATF) and the International Taekwon-Do Federation of Malaysia (ITFM).

A traditional chess tournament among representatives of the diplomatic corps, representatives of international organizations operating in Uzbekistan took place in the Republican Specialized Children’s and Youth Chess School.

The President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah and the delegation, which included the President of the International Kurash Association, Director of Asian Games Department of OCA Haider Farman and OCA Secretary Lucien Alvarez arrived in Tashkent to assess the possibility of holding competitions in Uzbekistan.

On September 20-26, 2019, Tashkent will host Uzbekistan – Italy Festival of Music and Friendship.

On September 14, 2019, within the framework of celebration of the 28th anniversary of the state independence of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the fourth International Shashmaqom festival was held in the Palace of Culture, in Ramla city, Israel.

On September 14, the city of Kokand played host to the inaugural ceremony of the first International Festival of Folk Applied Arts.

The First International Handicrafters Festival in Kokand will welcome Zeina Klink-Hoppe, Curator for the Modern Middle East the British Museum. In the interview with “Dunyo” she spoke on her anticipation of the event.

Preparations for the International Handicrafters Festival in Kokand have been fully completed.

Representatives of the Embassy of Uzbekistan in the Netherlands attended the Embassy Festival in Hague, demonstrating the tourism potential of the country at a special stand.

The Indian delegation will attend the First International Handicrafters Festival, which will be held in Kokand on September 10-15, 2019.

The delegation from the United Kingdom will attend the First International Handicrafters Festival in Kokand.

Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Audrey Azoulay visited Bukhara on August 27.

Scientific-practical conference on “Prospects for development of traditional musical art of the peoples of the East” kicks off in Samarkand within the framework of the XII Sharq Taronalari International Music Festival.