On August 6, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a meeting on organization of admission to higher education institutions this year and preparation for 2020/2021 academic year.
On August 6, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a videoconference on the implementation of the Agriculture Modernization Project, implemented with World Bank participation.
Made in Uzbekistan Textile business forum will be held online on August 25-27. Leading textile companies of Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan’s enterprises and retailers interested in Uzbek products will become its participants. The main goal of the forum is to create opportunities for manufacturers of export-oriented textile products to find new distributors, expand the partner network, organize joint ventures with Azerbaijan’s companies.
The Interregional webinar, organized by the Regional Secretariat of the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence (CBRN CoE) for South East and Eastern Europe on “COVID-19 contact management: Best practice and country experience”, has been held within the framework of the European Union Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence Initiative (EU CBRN CoE), as well as the European Union Project 53 “Strengthening the National Legal Framework and Provision of Specialized Training on Bio-Safety and Bio-Security in Central Asian Countries”.
Uzbekistan’s textile industry began manufacturing protective medical overalls based on one hundred percent cotton hydrophobic fabric.
On August 4 this year, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Gilbert Houngboand and Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sardor Umurzakov signed a financing agreement in the amount of million within the framework of the 2nd phase of the project “Diversification and Modernization of Agriculture”, via videoconference.
As of August 5, 10:30, the number of coronavirus infected in Uzbekistan has reached 27,314 (+267) people, the Ministry of Health reports.
On August 4, 2020, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Furkat Sidikov held talks with the Director General of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) Dr. Salim M. Al-Malik via videoconference, Uzbekistan MFA reports.