Tag Archives: Uzbekistan

Uzbek President urges modernisation of power station

SEPT. 28 2016 (The Conway Bulletin) – During a visit to the Karakalpakstan region in west Uzbekistan, acting President and PM Shavkat Mirziyoyev urged the local administration to speed up the modernisation of the region’s biggest thermal power station, Takhiatash. The upgrade scheme is being part funded by a $300m loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and will boost overall production to 930MW from the current 730MW.

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(News report from Issue No. 299, published on Oct. 7 2016)

Uzbek media reports reappearance of Gulnara on Twitter

OCT. 4 2016 (The Conway Bulletin) – Uzbek local media reported the reappearance of Gulnara Karimova, eldest daughter of the late Uzbek President Islam Karimov, on Twitter. Ms Karimova, whose account is not confirmed, has been under house arrest since 2014. Through the new account, Zabitaya1972, which roughly translates into ‘beaten’ followed by her year of birth, Ms Karimova allegedly published a letter denouncing acting President and PM Shavkat Mirziyoyev of excluding her from her father’s funeral in September.

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(News report from Issue No. 299, published on Oct. 7 2016)

Uzbekistan plans to create new e-library

OCT. 4 2016 (The Conway Bulletin) – LG CNS, the IT provider owned by Korea’s LG, signed a $12.1m contract with Uzbekistan’s ministry of IT and communications to build a national online electronic library system. The project will be started at the Navoi national library and will then be expanded to education institutions, government agencies and airports.

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(News report from Issue No. 299, published on Oct. 7 2016)

Uzbek court jails drug-traffickers

OCT. 4 2016 (The Conway Bulletin) – A court in Uzbekistan sentenced five residents of the Tashkent region to between three and eight years in prison for drug trafficking. The court said that the group, which worked seasonally in Kyrgyzstan, repeatedly smuggled drugs into Uzbekistan. Police found around 10 kilos of opiates in their apartments.

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(News report from Issue No. 299, published on Oct. 7 2016)

Uzbek FM pays visit to Tajik capital

SEPT. 29 2016 (The Conway Bulletin) – Abdulaziz Kamilov, Uzbekistan’s foreign minister, paid an official visit to Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon in Dushanbe in an effort to boost cooperation. Mr Kamilov and Mr Rakhmon held talks on joint efforts to combat terrorism and on water and energy issues that still divide the two countries. Uzbekistan has maintained strong opposition against Tajikistan’s decision to build a major dam and hydropower plant because it would affect downstream water supply.

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(News report from Issue No. 298, published on Sept. 30 2016)

Uzbekistan registers presidential candidates

SEPT. 27 2016 (The Conway Bulletin) – Uzbekistan’s Central Election Commission registered all four parties’ candidates for the upcoming presidential election of Dec. 4. Acting President and PM Shavkat Mirziyoyev of the ruling UzLiDeP is the favourite. The People’s Democratic Party’s candidate Khatamzhon Ketmonov and the Social Democratic Party’s candidate Nariman Umarov both participated in a presidential election last year, pulling in less than 3% of the votes each.

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(News report from Issue No. 298, published on Sept. 30 2016)

Uzbeks on post-Karimov diplomatic push

SEPT. 28 2016 (The Conway Bulletin) — Rustam Azimov, Uzbekistan’s finance minister, flew to South Korea to boost trade, an extension of the diplomatic push that the new administration in Uzbekistan initiated after the death of President Islam Karimov earlier this month.

In Seoul, Mr Azimov met with South Korea’s Trade Minister Joo Hyung-hwan and the chairman of Korea Eximbank, Lee Dukhoon, who pledged investments of $250m in the transport and telecoms sectors.

This week, Abdulaziz Kamilov, Uzbekistan’s foreign minister, visited Dushanbe and earlier this month foreign leaders, including Russia’s

Vladimir Putin and Kazakhstan’s Nursultan Nazarbayev, were in Uzbekistan to mourn Karimov and swap notes with acting President and PM Shavkat Mirziyoyev who is likely to be given the job full-time.

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(News report from Issue No. 298, published on Sept. 30 2016)

Uzbekistan bans forced labour

SEPT. 27 2016 (The Conway Bulletin) – Uzbekistan has ratified the International Labour Organisation’s convention on the ban on forced and child labour, the ministry of labour said in a statement. Every year, during the cotton harvest, human rights organisations denounce dozens of cases of child and forced labour. Cotton is an important commodity for Uzbekistan’s economy.

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(News report from Issue No. 298, published on Sept. 30 2016)

Uzbek PM website introduces comment section

SEPT. 24 2016 (The Conway Bulletin) – The website of the Uzbek PM’s office introduced a comment section for the first time, allowing citizens and registered companies to file complaints and suggestions electronically directly to the PM. The section is highly visible on the homepage of the PM’s website. Citizens can also file their requests through a hotline or by visiting the regional headquarters of UzLiDeP, the ruling party.

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(News report from Issue No. 298, published on Sept. 30 2016)

Uzbek GM ex-head awaits trial

SEPT. 21 2016 (The Conway Bulletin) – A court in Uzbekistan released on bail former GM Uzbekistan head Tokhirjon Jalilov, who was arrested in April in connection with a fraud scheme around car exports to Russia. Jalilov, who had served as chairman of GM Uzbekistan since 2010, will face trial for embezzlement. State-owned Uzavtoprom owns 75% of GM Uzbekistan, US- based GM owns the rest.

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(News report from Issue No. 297, published on Sept. 23 2016)