TASHKENT, September 20. /“Dunyo” IA/. The First Deputy Director of the Institute for Strategic and Interregional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Akramjon Nematov commented for “Dunyo” Information agency on the initiatives of Uzbekistan in the Afghan direction put forward at the meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) held on September 16-17:

Today the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) opened an election observation Mission (EOM) for the 24 October presidential election in Uzbekistan.

Based on the protocols of the Republican Special Commission for the preparation of an action plan for the prevention and spread of coronavirus in Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports informs that:

The yurt is a traditional dwelling of nomadic and semi-sedentary peoples of Asia. For several centuries it was a home for the Mongols, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Uzbeks and, of course, for the Karakalpaks. In Uzbekistan, such type of dwelling is widespread in Karakalpakstan. For the inhabitants of the Aral Sea region, who were engaged in agriculture, cattle breeding and fish farming, the yurt had not only practical, but also mystical, spiritual, philosophical meaning.

Based on the protocols of the Republican Special Commission for the preparation of an action plan for the prevention and spread of coronavirus in Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports informs that: