Deputy Prime Minister Jamshid Khojayev and Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov led talks in Fergana that produced plans for 17 joint industrial projects worth $350 million, a major Wildberries logistics complex near Tashkent, and a bilateral science and technology strategy stretching to 2040.
Average monthly electricity consumption per household fell from 212 kWh in 2023 to 184 kWh in 2025, while gas use dropped from 431 to 342 cubic metres, as tiered tariffs replaced a subsidy system that officials say had channelled most state support to high-income consumers.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has announced the preparation of 128 new oil and gas investment blocks carrying estimated reserves of 5.8 trillion cubic metres of gas and 560 million tonnes of liquid hydrocarbons, while setting a deadline of end-2027 for transferring the country’s entire propane supply network to private operators.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has announced 12 localization projects worth $850 million targeting energy storage control modules, wind turbine components and high-voltage equipment, alongside a new specialized industrial zone in the Farish district of Jizzakh to supply the country’s planned nuclear power plant.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has announced that private operators will be invited to manage electricity distribution networks in the Jizzakh and Tashkent regions, scaling up a model piloted in Samarkand where Turkish company Aksa Enerji holds a 30-year management contract requiring at least $350 million in investment over its first decade.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has expressed support for Chinese proposals to build a logistics hub in Andijan and develop agrivoltaics projects, following talks with the heads of CAMCE, China Energy and Sinoma Energy on the sidelines of the Council of Foreign Investors in the Fuel and Energy Sector.
Representatives of non-governmental organizations from all 14 regions of Uzbekistan have completed a structured training program on public oversight, open data analysis, and anti-corruption legislative review, under a project jointly implemented by the Anti-Corruption Agency and international partners from Latvia and Kyrgyzstan.
IPU President Tulia Ackson told young parliamentarians gathered in Samarkand that they must use legislative tools, budget decisions, and parliamentary oversight to demand accountability for human rights violations, warning that armed conflicts have reached their highest level since World War II.
