Today, on Thursday, the Senate of Oliy Majlis approved the state budget with 4.5 trillion sums of deficit (by 1,1% of the GDP) in 2019. This week, the draft budget approved by the parliament’s legislative chamber was presented by the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance Jamshid Kuchkorov.

On December 13, 2018, the 7th round of political consultations between the delegations of Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Republic of Lithuania was held in Tashkent.

Tashkent hosted Uzbekistan – Hungary business forum.

On December 12, 2018, the UN General Assembly adopted a special resolution “Enlightenment and religious tolerance” at its plenary session. The document, the draft of which was developed by Uzbekistan, was unanimously supported by all UN member states.