A Russian expert Leonid Papyrin, who thoroughly studied
materials of engineering and geological surveys to justify the construction of
Rogun in 2005-2007, concluded that the construction would have to given up.
Member of the UK House of Lords, Deputy Chair of the
British-Uzbekistan All-Party Parliamentary Group Baroness Vivien Stern paid a four-day
visit to Uzbekistan.
At the invitation of the European Diplomatic Service, a
delegation of the Republic of Uzbekistan took part in regular meeting of
national coordinators responsible for implementing the EU Strategy for Central
Asia held in Brussels.
A delegation of the Republic
of Poland headed by Defense Minister
Tomas Semonyak visited Uzbekistan.
During the trip talks were held in the ministries and departments of the
country.
The representatives of socio-political, expert,
analytical and business communities of the United
States took part in the reception on the occasion of the
20th Anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Uzbekistan and the United States of America.
A meeting of members of the Republic
of Korea - Uzbekistan
Friendship Society with representatives of business circles of South Korea was held in Seoul.