On the invitation of President Nursultan Nazarbaev, President Islam Karimov traveled to Kazakhstan on September 6-7 with an official visit. The official ceremony of meeting the high-ranking guest took place at the Akorda Palace of Kazakhstan’s President. A guard of honor had lined up to meet the President of Uzbekistan.

A success story of Uzbekistan’s national art in Spain’s Valencia The performance of the renowned Uzbek ensemble ‘Sabo’ at the gala concert during the International Festival of Music and Traditional Dance in Valencia has been organized by the Representative Office of the Fund Forum in Madrid under the assistance of the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Spain.

GM Uzbekistan, an Uzbek-US carmaker, is planning to export at least 60,000 automobiles of Chevrolet Cobalt model to the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Uzavtosanoat joint stock company said.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov has arrived in Astana, Kazakhstan, with an official visit.

The regular meeting of the Joint Uzbek-Turkmen commission on trade-economic, scientific-technical and cultural cooperation took place at the International Business Centre in Tashkent on 4 September 2012.

Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan (lower house of parliament) held a roundtable dedicated to improvement of legislation on attracting private capital to banking-financial sector on 5 September.

On 5 September GM Uzbekistan held a presentation of a new Chevrolet Cobalt car in Tashkent.

A delegation of the Republic of Korea led by the Minister of Finance Bahk Jae-wan paid an official visit to Tashkent from 31 August to 2 September 2012. In the result of the talks, South Korea will provide long-term preferential loans for US$595 million.

In 2013-2015 Uzbekistan will allocate over $ 59 million for the development of transportation, manufacturing and engineering infrastructure in special industrial zone (SIZ) Angren.

The Uzbek-Japanese friendship festival devoted to the 21st anniversary of the independence of our country was held at the State Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan.

Russian giant Lukoil produced 15 billion cubic meters of natural gas in Uzbekistan, the press release of the company said. Major part of this volume (about 95%) comes from the Khauzak-Shady field in the Bukhara Region which makes a part of the Kandym-Khauzak-Shady-Kungrad megaproject that is being implemented jointly with Uzbekneftegaz National Holding Company, the release said.

Heads of foreign states, governments, international organizations, politicians and public figures have sent letters to President Islam Karimov, congratulating the head of the state and the people of Uzbekistan on the occasion of the 21st anniversary of independence of the country.

Judoka Sharif Khalilov of Uzbekistan won a silver medal in the weight category of 73 kg of Paralympic Games in London.

Uz-Kor Siliñon, an Uzbek-South Korean joint venture, commissioned the first line of the capacities on production of technical silicon in Navoi region of Uzbekistan.

The Architecture of National Development Uzbek model proves its efficiency

The Uzbek economy has grown to be an integral part of world economy. The nation has been building up its export capacities and consistently shifting, in the meantime, the composition of its supplies to the global market from crudes to hi-tech ready goods with higher added value.

The ninth plenary meeting of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis (Parliament) of the Republic of Uzbekistan opened on 30 August 2012 in Tashkent. Invited members of the Cabinet of Ministers, heads of ministries and agencies, representatitves of press and television also attended the meeting. The meeting was presided by the Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis I.Sobirov.

The Kamoliddin Behzod Memorial Museum-Park is hosting the exhibition in Memory of Master, timed to a hundred years of day of birth of the People’s Artist of Uzbekistan Chingiz Ahmarov.

Fund Forum in collaboration with Mehr Nuri Foundation, the Women’s Council and the Social Initiatives Support Fund launched the second Universal Cultural Center in Karshi (Kashkadarya region of Uzbekistan) on 28 August 2012.

The outlook for the banking system in Uzbekistan remains stable, says Moody\'s Investors Service in a new Banking System Outlook published on 29 August 2012.