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Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — On 27 February, negotiations were held in the videoconferencing format between the Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sardor Umurzakov and Minister of Investments of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Khalid al-Falih. During the meeting, topical issues of bilateral investment and trade and…

In January 2022 in Uzbekistan, the volume of trade services in the structure of the common services market amounted to 5.998 trillion UZS (25.3%). According to the State Statistics Committee, in January 2021, their volume was equal to 4.9 trillion UZS. As previously reported, in January construction work was completed in Uzbekistan for almost 7…

On February 26, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a telephone conversation with the President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The President of Uzbekistan warmly congratulated the Leader of Turkey on his birthday, sincerely wishing him good health, well-being and great success, as well as peace and prosperity to…

ROME (CNS) — As Russian troops approached Ukraine’s capital, Pope Francis phoned the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, offering his encouragement and promising, “I will do everything I can” to help. The pope called Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych, major archbishop of the Eastern-rite church, late in the afternoon Feb. 25, according to the…

CLEVELAND (CNS) — An estimated 5.2 million children in 21 countries, including the United States, lost at least one parent, a custodial grandparent or a primary caregiver to COVID-19 during the first 20 months of the pandemic, social researchers and child well-being advocates said in a new study. Notably, the researchers estimated that the number…

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis said his heart was “broken” by the war in Ukraine, and he pleaded again, “Silence the weapons!” “Many times, we prayed that this path would not be taken,” he told people gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the midday recitation of the Angelus prayer Feb. 27. But rather than…