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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on February 3 signed the Decree on additional measures for creating favorable conditions for development of tourism potential of Uzbekistan, the Jahon information agency reported. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan is currently working on the issue of introducing a 72-hour visa-free transit for citizens of India, Kazakh Minister of Culture and Sports Arystanbek Mukhamediuly told a briefing on January 25, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have agreed on visa-free travel between the two countries and other border-crossing measures, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. Tajik media reports on January 11 said that the decisions were made during a visit to Dushanbe by Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov. Aripov and his Tajik counterpart, Qohir Rasulzoda, agreed to finalize and sign the new border protocols in the near future. Aripov also held talks with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon on January 10, the first day of his two-day visit to Dushanbe. The new border regulations will allow Tajik and Uzbek citizens to visit each others’ countries without visas for up to 30 days. They will also provide for the building of new checkpoints along the border and the opening of several bus links to connect the two nations' cities. The reports said an agreement was also reached regarding the disputed dam of the Soviet-era Farhod hydropower station along the border. Under the accord, the land on which the station stands will be Tajik property, while the station itself, including its equipment and infrastructure, will be owned by Uzbekistan. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, ties between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have often been tense due to disagreements on issues including borders, water and energy resources, and transit routes. But relations have improved since the death of longtime Uzbek President Islam Karimov in 2016. President Shavkat Mirziyoev, who assumed rule after Karimov's death, has said that improving ties with Uzbekistan's neighbors is his major foreign-policy priority.
TASHKENT (TCA) — The State Committee for Tourism Development of Uzbekistan on December 4 said that in the framework of the Program of priority measures for the development of tourism in 2018-2019, Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev had signed a decree introducing new visas allowing foreigners to stay in the country for 30 days, the official Jahon information agency reported. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has signed a decree that will allow Uzbek citizens to travel abroad without permission from the state as of January 1, 2019. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — Speaking at the Uzbek parliament on May 27, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov told about his ministry’s work on improving the country’s visa system, the Jahon information agency reported. Continue reading
