TASHKENT (Reuters) - Uzbekistan offered on Tuesday to host peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, a move that could make Tashkent a player in settling the decades-long conflict in the neighbouring country. The former Soviet republic is seeking to raise its international profile ...

ISLAMABAD: (APP) Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Friday emphasized that Pakistan and Uzbekistan need to make efforts to enhance cooperation in the economic and commercial fields and fully exploit the huge potential for mutual trade.He said that Uzbekistan's impressive annual economic growth ...

MOSCOW (APP) - Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov will be buried Saturday, state television said after announcing the death of the 78-year-old strongman leader. A state television presenter said that a government commission led by Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev will organise his burial "in the ...

MOSCOW, Sept 2 (APP/AFP): Long at the crossroads of multiple civilisations, Uzbekistan faces uncertainty with the authorities admitting that veteran President Islam Karimov is in "critical" condition after having suffered a stroke.Here are five things to know about the ex-Soviet nation:Although ...

TASHKENT: (APP) President Mamnoon Hussain on Friday, terming terrorism as the greatest challenge for Pakistan, said becoming full member of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), would enable the country to have a better and effective platform to fight this menace."We believe that the SCO ...

TASHKENT: (APP) President Mamnoon Hussain and his Uzbek counterpart Islam Karimov met here on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organization Friday and agreed to strengthen bilateral relations particularly in the areas of trade and connectivity.The two sides agreed that connectivity was ...

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, June 24 (APP): President Mamnoon attends SCO inaugural session The 16th meeting of the Heads of the State Council of Shanghai Cooperation Organization started in the Uzbek capital on Friday with representatives of member and observer states in attendance. President Mamnoon ...

TASHKENT: (APP) President Mamnoon Hussain on Thursday attended the reception of the 16th meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) held for the heads of state and government of the member countries.Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uzbekistan's ...

TASHKENT: (APP) President Mamnoon Hussain was accorded warm welcome on his arrival at the Uzbek capital on Wednesday to attend the 16th heads of state meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).Uzbekistan's Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyav received the President as he arrived at the ...

TASHKENT: (APP) President Mamnoon Hussain will arrive here Wednesday to represent Pakistan at the Heads of States Council meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) being held in the Uzbek capital on June 23-24."The summit is important as Pakistan will become the full member of the SCO ...