On October 9-10 President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov visited Bishkek, where he took part in the meetings of the CIS Council of the Heads of State and the Interstate Council of the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC), as well as the Summit of Heads of States of Central Asia.

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov left for Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan, on 9 October.

Delegation headed by vice chairman of the Committee for social issues of the People’s assembly of Vietnam and head of the Vietnam-Uzbekistan friendship society Liong Fan Koo is on a visit in Uzbekistan.

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov signed a resolution on providing humanitarian aid to the people of the Kyrgyz Republic, who suffered from the earthquake.

President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers, who was on a state visit in Uzbekistan on the invitation of President Islam Karimov, got acquainted with the activities of the medical college named after Borovskiy in Tashkent on 7 October, accompanied by Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

President Islam Karimov visited Khorezm region on 3 October to familiarize himself with the socioeconomic reforms and changes in the agricultural sphere and the ongoing construction work in the area.

On October 5, on the invitation of the President of Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, President of Republic of Latvia Valdis Zatlers, arrived in Uzbekistan with a state visit.

International exhibitions Mining World Uzbekistan, ChemPlastAsia Uzbekistan, PromUpak Uzbekistan and Machinery Central Asia opened on 2 October in Tashkent in the framework of the Central Asian Industrial Week.

On September 30 this year the Government of Uzbekistan held a meeting at which it has discussed forecasts of main macro-economic indicators, main directions of tax and budget policy as well as the draft of State budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2009, the reports have said.

The regular meeting of the council of the NATO’s Virtual Silk Highway project started in Tashkent on 1 October.