September 18, 2010
Politics:
President leaves for New York
Islam Karimov holds talks in London
Society:
Uzbek athlete wins international tournament
POLICY
President of Uzbekistan to participate in UN MDG summit
President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov on the invitation of the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon will participate in the high-level plenary session of the General Assembly on Millennium Development Goals on 20-21 September in New York.
President leaves for New York
On September 19, President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov on the invitation of the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon left for New York to participate in the high-level plenary session of the UN General Assembly on Millennium Development Goals.
President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, on his way to New York to attend the high-level plenary session of the UN on Millennium Development Goals, made a stop in London, Great Britain.
There, the head of our country met with the chairman of the Society of Friendship Britain-Uzbekistan, co-chairman of Uzbek-British Trade and Industry Council Hartley Booth and chairman of Britain-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Group John Waverley.
Islam Karimov said the development of Uzbek-British relations, in particular, the regularity of the two foreign ministries consultations, enhancing mutual visits of delegations of the supreme legislative bodies, the expansion of cooperation between academia and business.
During the meeting, Islam Karimov emphasized the development of Uzbek-British relations, particularly, the regularity of consultations between the two foreign ministries, mutual visits of delegations of the supreme legislative bodies and expansion of cooperation between academic and business circles.
Also, Uzbekistan and the United Kingdom cooperate on a multilateral basis in the promotion of regional security and the stabilization of situation in Afghanistan.
Such activities like the organization of regular consultations of foreign ministries, the visit of the delegation of the Britain-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Group, to be held in Westminster International University in Tashkent, the international scientific conference on environmental protection and rational use of water of trans-boundary rivers will take place this year.
The next session of Uzbek-British Trade and Industry Council will be held at the end of 2010. It will consider the expansion of cooperation in the agricultural industry. Uzbekistan has extensive experience in agriculture. The Institutes of Plants and Ecology Studies of Great Britain are considered one of the leading research centers in the world. In the long term, the cooperation in this direction will be further enhanced.
The United Kingdom is one of the major trade partners of Uzbekistan in Europe. About 200 joint ventures in cooperation with British investors operate in Uzbekistan and over 50 British companies have their representative offices.
The UK supports the further development of cooperation with Uzbekistan in the economic and investment fields and in the field of parliamentarism, Hartley Booth and John Waverley noted during the meeting.
The sides also exchanged views on the issues of trade, economic and parliamentary relations between Uzbekistan and UK.ECONOMY
Uzbek athlete wins international tournament
Uzbek gymnast Anton Fokin won at the international Gymnastics Tournament, held in Minsk, Belarus.
Along with the hosts, athletes from Uzbekistan, Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, Norway and Israel fought for the victory in the event. In the men’s all-around, Anton Fokin earned 88,200 points, leaving behind his main opponents Dmitriy Savitskiy of Belarus and Alexander Shatilov of Israel and won the gold medal.
Fokin scored the highest mark in the exercises on the bars and won the gold medal. He also won silver medal in the exercises on the ring.