Uzbekistan

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday for his “balanced” approach to the Ukrainian crisis and blasted Washington’s “ugly” policies at a meeting that followed a major setback for Moscow on the battlefield.

Speaking at the start of talks with Xi in Uzbekistan, Putin said he was seeking to assuage unspecified “concerns” by China about Ukraine.

“We highly appreciate the well-balanced position of our Chinese friends in connection with the Ukrainian crisis,” Putin said, facing Xi across a long table.

TASHKENT, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have both decided to finance Central Asia's largest wind farm project the Zarafshan Wind Farm.

The ADB said Monday in a statement that it "signed a 52-million-U.S. dollar loan agreement" with Abu Dhabi-headquartered energy company Masdar "to finance Uzbekistan's first wind power plant and the largest yet developed in Central Asia."

TASHKENT, August 24. /TASS/: In order to ensure its global hegemony, the US is trying to dismantle the established security architecture in Southeast Asia, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said at a meeting of SCO defense ministers on Wednesday.

23 August 2022; MEMO: Uzbekistan's President has returned from a trip to Saudi Arabia with $14 billion in promised investments, his office says, Taskent Times reports.

According to the report, Saudi Arabia is preparing to pay $12 billion for chronic energy shortages.

The agreements include a pledge for Saudi firm, ACWA Power, to build a 1.5 GW wind farm in Karakalpakstan.

TASHKENT, July 29. /TASS/: African countries and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) states understand that any member of the international community can fall under Washington's sanctions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters on Friday after the SCO Foreign Ministers Council meeting.

TASHKENT, July 28. /TASS/: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) should act as a driving force in ensuring international equity and play a stabilizing role at the international and regional level, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday.

TASHKENT, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Uzbekistan hosted an international conference here on Tuesday to garner support for the economic and social revival of Afghanistan.

In a message to the conference themed "Afghanistan: security and economic development," Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev called on the Afghan government "to demonstrate strong will" to take decisive measures to counter terrorism, and break ties with all international terrorist organizations.

TASHKENT, July 6 (Reuters) - Uzbekistan's president blamed "foreign forces" on Wednesday for inciting unrest in the Central Asian state's autonomous Karakalpakstan republic, where the government says 18 people were killed in violent clashes last week.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said the "unpleasant events" were a source of anguish, and the top state prosecutor would conduct a thorough investigation.

TASHKENT, Jun 30 (NNN-XINHUA) – Uzbek President, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has tasked the government, to generate an additional nine billion U.S. dollars in revenue per year, by processing yarn into finished products and attracting foreign brands, the president’s press service said, yesterday.

The Uzbek leader set a goal to attract 50 popular foreign brands to the country’s textile industry, and announced new subsidies and incentives for exporters of textile products.

TASHKENT, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Vladimir Norov was appointed to be the first deputy foreign minister of Uzbekistan and he was entrusted with the duties of the minister as well, the Uzbek president's office said on Wednesday.

Norov had previously worked as a deputy foreign minister and served as the secretary-general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) from January 2019 to December 2021.

Former Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov was appointed as a deputy secretary of the Security Council under the president of Uzbekistan, the statement said.