National Press Center of Uzbekistan and the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics held a press conference on improving the statistical capacity of the country and ensuring the openness and transparency of national statistics.

Interregional forum of Uzbekistan and Belarus, organized in Minsk, where active preparations are underway for the upcoming official visit of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, continued with a plenary session on “Interregional cooperation is an important factor in development of intergovernmental relations”. Special attention was paid to issues of further expanding cooperation between the two countries in such areas as industrial cooperation, agriculture, food industry, education.

Tashkent hosted a presentation of the edition of “Guiding Principles on Human Rights in the Return of Trafficked Persons” collection. The presentation was timed to July 30, the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons.