A business delegation from the industrial city of Khmelnitsky (Ukraine) expressed interest in purchasing products from Uzbek textile manufacturers, Trend reports citing Uzbek media.

Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Azerbaijan Bakhrom Ashrafkhanov met with the chairman of the board of GRAND-AGRO Invitro LLC Taleh Zeynalov, Trend reports citing Dunyo news agency.

Uzbekistan's Infinbank has signed an agreement with the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) on attracting a line of financing for the development of small business, Trend reports citing Gazeta.uz.

The number of registered cases of coronavirus infections in Uzbekistan reached 159,209, Trend reports citing Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Health.

As of 2021, the amount of accumulated investments during the pandemic and crisis in the countries of Central Asia increased by 6.7 percent while the largest growth in accumulated foreign investment is observed in Uzbekistan (+ 29.8 percent), Trend reports citing Uzbek media.

The development of transport communications of Uzbekistan will open up additional entrances to the markets of Iran and Azerbaijan, Russian political scientist, a researcher at the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Karavaev told Trend.

The economies of Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan have much in common and complement each other, which creates good preconditions for intensive interaction, the Uzbek Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade told Trend.

On 21 August, in Tashkent, a meeting was held between Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sardor Umurzakov with Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexey Overchuk, Trend reports citing Uzdaily.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases for August 21 in Uzbekistan increased to 148,203, Trend reports with reference to the statistics of the Uzbek Ministry of Health.

Due to the continuing difficult situation in neighboring Afghanistan, in response to requests from foreign partners, as well as in the spirit of adherence to the principles of international humanitarian law, the Republic of Uzbekistan is closely cooperating with a number of foreign states on citizens from Afghanistan, Trend reports citing Uzdaily.