European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is looking for new opportunities in the financial sector of Uzbekistan, especially the ones, which will contribute to the development of private sector in the country, EBRD’s representative told Trend.

Uzbekistan plans to hold a large aviation forum on February 19-20, 2020, Trend reports citing the Uzbek media.

The analytical unit the Economist journal - The Economist Intelligence Unit published a report on Global Food Security Index for 2019, Trend reports citing the report.

Cooperation between Italian SACE state export-credit agency and Uzbekistan’s Uzbekinvest national insurance company is aimed at exchanging information on transactions of mutual interest, with a focus on small and medium enterprises (SME), representative of SACE told Trend in an interview.

The inflation rate in Uzbekistan will be 12-13.5 percent in 2020, Trend reports referring to the report on preliminary indicators of monetary policy following the results of 2019 published by Uzbekistan’s Central Bank.

Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Law "On Payments and Payment Systems", which approves the rules for issuing and circulating electronic money in Uzbekistan, Trend reports citing Uzbekistan’s regulatory portal SOVAZ.

Uzbekistan has been appointed chairman of the Economic and Environmental Committee of the Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) in 2020, Trend reports citing the press service of Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The first meeting of the Joint Uzbek-Tajik Demarcation Commission was held in the capital of Uzbekistan Tashkent, Trend reports citing the press service of Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Tajik Prime Minister Mahmadtohir Zokirzoda is visiting Uzbekistan’s capital of Tashkent on January 7 to sign an interstate protocol on the final demarcation and delimitation of the Tajik-Uzbek border, Trend reports with reference to the Tajik Asia Plus IA.

The US Procter & Gamble company is interested in the possibility of starting production in Uzbekistan.