Two combined-cycle plants with a capacity of 230-280 MW each are under construction at the Takhiatash Thermal Power Station.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has been chairing a meeting in the city of Nukus to discuss comprehensive development of Karakalpakstan.

A meeting between the Minister of Energy Alisher Sultanov and Deputy Director General and Head of the Nuclear Energy Department of the IAEA, Mikhail Chudakov, was held at the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev got acquainted with construction project of the mining and metallurgical complex on the basis of Tebinbulak deposit in Karauzak district.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has held a meeting with public figures of Karakalpakstan at a culture center in Muinak district.

On August 19, 2019, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov met with a member of the CPC Central Committee, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, Wang Yi, in Beijing.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has departed for Karakalpakstan on August 20 to become familiar with progress of construction and landscaping activities, major projects and dialogue with people.

Uzbekistan notes speedy response of a number of countries and international organizations to the decision by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on the closure of colony No. 19 “Jaslyk”. According to incoming information, official representatives of a number of international organizations, government agencies, political circles and mass media stress the importance of this document in protecting human rights and respect for human dignity.

On August 15, 2019, the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Ilkhom Nematov met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan Darkhan Satybaldy.

On August 15, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired an expanded meeting of the Security Council on the main results of the country’s foreign policy and foreign economic activity and priorities for the future.

On August 14, 2019, the Special Representative of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Afghanistan, Ismatulla Irgashev, met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China, Jiang Yan.

On August 14, 2019, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov received the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia with a residence in Yerevan, Aram Grigoryan.

On August 12, 2019, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Dilshod Akhatov met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea Kang Jae Kwon.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has been receiving Qurban Hayit (Eid al-Adha) greetings from the heads of foreign states, governments and international organizations. In their letters the foreign leaders express sincere wishes for peace, welfare and prosperity to people of Uzbekistan.