President Islam Karimov congratulated Victor Yushenko with election to the presidential post of Ukraine on 7 January.

At a time when many American Jewish leaders hold back from entering into dialogue with Muslims for fear of appearing to condone terrorism, a leader of the Bukharian Jewish community has boldly stepped into the breach.

Preliminary results of re-voting on elections to Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan indicate that deputies from all 58 election constituencies were elected.

First aircraft of Uzbekiston Havo Yollari delivered 35 tones of humanitarian aid to Medan city of Indonesia on Monday, Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

The State Department released a Report on Global Anti-Semitism prepared for the House and Senate Foreign Relations committees on 5 January.

Officials from nine countries, including the United States, will meet in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany) on 11January for the first in a series of conferences designed to increase security cooperation among states in the Central and South Asia region.

Interstate Coordination Council on International Transportation Routes was created in Tashkent on 5 January 2005.

Museum of Cinema in Tashkent will host Days of Polish movies from 11 January to 30 January. The event is organized by the embassy of Poland in Uzbekistan.

Newly created Liberal-Democratic Party of Uzbekistan holds the majority of seats in the lower chamber of the Uzbek parliament after the first round of elections.