President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov received Prime Minister of Estonia Andrus Ansip at Oqsaroy residence in Tashkent on 2 November.

Deputy Head of the balance of water resources and development of water saving technologies of the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan

A delegation of European Parliament led by chairperson of Europarliament’s delegation of relations with Central Asian states and Mongolia Paolo Bartolozzi (Italy) paid a visit to Uzbekistan on 26-27 October 2010, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan said.

Uzbekistan Temir Yollari state joint railway company will complete construction of Hairatan-Mazar-e-Sharif railroad (Afghanistan) with the cost of US$129 million, the ADB said in its press release.

A delegation of Ecologic Movement of Uzbekistan paid a visit to the United States and held negotiations with the US environment non-governmental organizations, Congress members and the State Department.

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov arrived in Ashgabat with an official visit by invitation of President Gurbanguli Berdimuhamedov on 19 October.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov is to pay an official visit to Turkmenistan October 19-20 on the invitation of President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov of Turemenistan.

On 13-14 October, the Sixth International Uzbek Cotton Fair was held in Tashkent.

Today is the joyous day in the life of our people - cotton growers of the country won a great labor victory by gathering a great harvest of cotton in the amount of more than 3.4 million tn.

Uzbekistan is well known as one of the most important players in the world cotton market, occupying the second place on exports and the sixth on its production.

16th Tashkent International Tourism Fair \"Tourism on the Silk Road\" opened in Uzexpocenter on 7 October.

The President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov in order to get acquainted with the socio-economic reforms, resurfacing and the work being implemented on the region, visited the Republic of Karakalpakstan on 5 October.

A two-day business forum on the development of car components production localization in Uzbekistan opened in Tashkent on 28 September.

Uzbekistan is a sovereign democratic state of secular nature. This proposition is enshrined in the main law of the state – the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan, which states: “Religious organizations and associations shall be separated from the state and equal before law. The state shall not interfere with the activity of religious

Asian Development Bank (ADB) released its annual flagship economic publication Asian Development Outlook 2010 Update on 28 September, saying that developing Asia\'s robust recovery from the global crisis is gaining further momentum.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev arrived in Tashkent on an official visit on 27 September on the invitation of the President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov.

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov held negotiations with high-level representatives of General Motors, Sikorsky Aircraft and Honeywell companies in New York, US on 20 September.

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, who participated in the high-level plenary session of the United Nations General Assembly on Millennium Development Goals in New York, met the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Angela Merkel on 21 September.

On September 20, President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov met with the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon at UN headquarters in New York.

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov on the invitation of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, took part in the UN General Assembly high-level plenary session on Millennium Development Goals in New York.