Tashkent hosted the fifth meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation between Uzbekistan and Hungary, as well as a business forum with participation of businesspeople of the two countries.

On February 17, 2020, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva Ulugbek Lapasov met with the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Roberto Azevêdo. 

On February 17, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a meeting on the priority tasks of radically improving the licensing and permit issuance in entrepreneurship.

At present, the Customs authorities, in cooperation with relevant government agencies, are working to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in our country.