Vice-President of the World Bank (WB) for Europe and Central Asia Philippe Le Houerou paid a four-day visit to Uzbekistan.

New building of Navoi International Airport received its first passengers on 7 June 2012, the press service of Uzbekistan Havo Yollari (Uzbekistan Airways) said.

Uzbekistan has approved a Program of Further Upgrade, Technical and Technological Extension of Agricultural Production for 2012-2016. The program was developed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of the country together with concerned government agencies.

Committee on budget and economic reforms of the Legislative Committee of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekisttan held an expanded session on 6 June 2012 to discuss report of the Cabinet of Ministers on execution of the state budget in 2011 and the first quarter of 2012 and effective use of resources of the Fund for Development of Children Sport under the Ministry of Public Education.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov paid an official visit to the People’s Republic of China on June 5-7.

The Government of Uzbekistan extended tax preferences to football clubs and Uzbekistan Football Federation.

Specialists of the South Korean company AUSTEM completed the commissioning of a new robotic shop at the premises of Chirchikselmash. Testing has begun after specialists from South Korea prepare the personnel working on the equipment of new generation.

As reported earlier, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov has been in the People’s Republic of China on official visit at the invitation of PRC President Hu Jintao.

Boeing is considering opportunity to open a regional center on repairing and maintenance of airplanes from composite materials in Uzbekistan, Martin Bentrott, Vice President of Boeing Commercial Airplanes on sales in the Middle East, Central Asia and India said in Tashkent.

Russia’s Open joint stock company “Siloviye Mashini” (OJSC Power Machines) and unitary enterprise “Kaskad Urta-Chirchiq hydro power station”, which was part of Uzbekenergo state joint stock company, signed a contract on modernization four hydraulic units of Charvak hydro power station in Uzbekistan.

From June 14 to June 16, 2012 Uzexpocenter will hold the branch industrial fair on geology, fuel and energy complex, chemical, petrochemical and metallurgical industries.

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov arrived in Beijing with an official visit for the People\'s Republic of China on 5 June on the invitation of PRC President Hu Jintao.

Exhibits from Uzbekistan won prizes at the Ninth International Exhibition Book Art in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.

430 grant applications from 340 NGOs and other civil society institutions were submitted for two grant competitions held by the Public Fund for Support of NGOs and Other Civil Society Institutions under Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan from April 20 to May 18.

Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of Uzbekistan held a press conference on the rational use of land and water resources.

On the invitation of President Islam Karimov, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin was in Uzbekistan on official visit on June 4. The Uzbek and Russian leaders held a brief conversation at Tashkent airport.

Out of the total volume of investments utilized in the non-production sphere in Uzbekistan in the first quarter of 2012, some 686.5 billion soums (official exchange rate 1 USD= 1871,44 UZS) or 64.8% of their volume were used in housing construction.

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov signed a resolution “On additional measures on improving system of preferences to citizens, who served a military service at the Armed Force of Uzbekistan”on 31 May 2012.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov is to pay an official visit to the People’s Republic of China on June 5-6 on the invitation of PRC President Hu Jintao.

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov approved a programme on developing service sector in Uzbekistan for 2012-2016 on 10 May 2012.