The Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization Zurab Pololikashvili praised the initiative of Uzbekistan to start tourism from childhood, noting that this initiative will be introduced as a separate subject in schools around the world and will create a textbook in the field. Pololikashvili made the announcement during 113th of Executive Council session of UNWTO attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the State Committee for Tourism Development Aziz Abdukhakimov.  

On January 18, 2021, the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Jamshid Kuchkarov held a working meeting at the Ministry of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction with the World Bank Regional Director for Central Asia Lilia Burunchuk, who is in Tashkent on an official visit these days.

On January 7, a working meeting was held between the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Uzbekistan Jamshid Khodjayev, who was elected in November as a Chairman of the FAO Regional Conference for Europe and Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Qu Dongyu, reports “Dunyo” IA correspondent.