On December 18, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a meeting on the issues of ensuring the need for modern personnel, attracting educated youth to strategic industries.

On December 18, 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov received the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria with residence in Vienna Alois Kraut.

Formerly, people of Kashkadarya had to visit the capital, sometimes go abroad for treatment of cardiac or endocrinological diseases. Now the regional center itself – Karshi – will become an attractive place for medical tourism, as there are already modern clinics here equipped with the latest technologies.