Polit.Uz

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov received the president of the International Football Federation (FIFA) Joseph Blatter on May 16, 2012. The head of the state said that “Uzbekistanis know Joseph Blatter as a prominent public figure who has dedicated himself to the development of international and national football.”

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov will participate at the summits of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the Commonwealth of Independent States to be held in Moscow on May 15, 2012.

Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan held a “round table” on the outcome of the 6th World Water Forum (held in Marsel, France on March 12-17, 2012) and the problems of rational use of the resources of the transboundary rivers yesterday, on April 17, 2012.

The leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan received the High Commissioner on National Minorities of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Knut Vollebaek earlier today.

The last of the EurAsEC summit in Moscow demonstrated that for all the optimistic public statements, the integration processes are not advancing well in practice.