Distinguished Mr. Chairman! Dear friends!

Major repairs of landing strip have been completed in Tashkent international airport, 25,000 square km of paving surface were replaced.

The Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan held a parliamentary hearing on 9 September on the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in Uzbekistan.

The third plenary session of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan opens in Tashkent on 28 August. The Senate Kengash (Council) held a meeting one day earlier to consider the preparation to the session.

GM Uzbekistan joint venture presented its new car Chevrolet Spark on 25 August at Uzexpocenter in Tashkent.

The Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan will be closed for Independence Day on August 30, 31 and September 1, 2010. The Embassy will be open and operate during the regular hours from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday - August 28, 29, 2010.

The Kengash (Council) of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan adopted a resolution on 10 August on convening the third plenary session of the parliament’s upper house on 28 August.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov met with Katsuya Okada, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, at Oqsaroy August 8.

The third meeting of the foreign ministers of Central Asia + Japan Dialogue was held in Tashkent on 7-8 August. The Republic of Uzbekistan chaired the forum.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov met with United States Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, at Oqsaroy July 17.

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov signed a decree on 5 July on awarding representatives of the public, as well as state and social organizations of Andijan reigon, who helped in providing humanitarian assistance to the victims of the tragic events in south Kyrgyzstan.

The following joint statement was issued on 30 June in Tashkent by a staff mission from the International Monetary Fund and the authorities of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The Uzbek Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations Investment & Trade, together with the U.S. Department of State, Department of Commerce, and the Office of The Trade Representative will host an American-Uzbek Business Forum at the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Washington, D.C. on July 7, 2010 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

As reported earlier, some 100,000 citizens of Kyrgyzstan, who had fled the tragic events in the south of that country of 11-15 June, were received by Uzbekistan and temporarily placed in Andijan, Namangan and Ferghana regions.

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov congratulated Roza Otunbayeva with her receiving the authorities of the President of Kyrgyzstan for the transitional period.

Some 100,000 people, who crossed the border into Uzbekistan after the tragic events of 11-15 June in the south of Kyrgyzstan, were temporarily placed in Andijan, Namangan and Ferghana regions of Uzbekistan and provided with required help.

On June 17, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov spoke with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the phone.

Information Agency “Jahon” -On June 15, 2010 a briefing was held at the UN Office in Tashkent for the representatives of the diplomatic corps, international organizations, foreign and national media, in order to inform them on the situation of refugees from Kyrgyzstan, as well as the measures being taken by the Government of Uzbekistan to provide them with necessary assistance.

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov held a telephone conversation with United Nations Organization Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on 16 June.