On October 26-28 this year the delegation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Khalid bin Saud bin Khalid Al Saud visited Uzbekistan on a working visit.

Uzbekistan is a secular, multiethnic and multiconfessional state, where a great deal of work is carried out to ensure religious freedom and tolerance among the population.

Despite the measures taken by “Uzbekistan temir yullari” (“Uzbekistan Railways”) State Joint-Stock Company on arranging the transit of freights bound to Tajikistan in a timely manner, Tajik officials and some mass media outlets are continuing to disseminate groundless statements and false accusations against Uzbekistan on withholdings the freights and causing unjustified delays of railcars on its territory.

The community and people of Uzbekistan express a deep anxiety and concern about events occurring in these days in the city of Osh, the south of Kyrgyzstan.

(Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 30 May 2010) As part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen relations between Uzbekistan and the world community, the Embassy of Uzbekistan is today sharing these briefing notes on the current human rights situation in the country, especially as it relates to the rights of children.

Rogun reservoir in Tajikistan can provoke a strong earthquake, according to Bakhodir Sitdikov, Doctor of geologic-mineralogical sciences, Senior researcher of the Institute of Geology and Exploration of Oil and Gas Fields under the “Uzbekneftegaz” National holding company. In his view there many facts that support his argument.

Uzbekistan pays special attention to increasing the role of women in society and strengthening the gender equality. Within the framework of legislative acts adopted by the Government of Uzbekistan, relevant ministries, agencies and NGOs carry out the consistent work to protect the rights of women and ensure their full-fledged participation in the social, political, economic and cultural life of the country.

The Head of nation Islam Karimov has met with Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev on March 17.