President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov chaired the session of the Trusteeship Council of the Children’s Sports Development Fund, held at Oqsaroy residence in Tashkent on 10 March.

The head of the state analyzed the activity of the fund in 2009 and outlined the priorities for its work in 2010.

Upbringing the harmoniously developed generation is the greatest goal of the people, who strongly believe in the bright future. No matter which development goals are set by the country, seeing our children grow physically and morally healthy is the basis of all achievements, the President said.

On March 4 this year at the Oksaroy Residence in Tashkent the three newly appointed ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary – of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Turkey and South Korea to Uzbekistan – granted credentials of their mission to the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov.

According to the news agencies that reported the story in the Russian and Uzbek languages, as the Uzbek Leader received the credentials from Ambassador Boriibay Jeksembin of Kazakhstan, Ambassador Mehmet Sertac Sunmezai of Turkey and Ambassador Chon De-wan of South Korea, he has congratulated them on their appointment and wished them success in their mission to Uzbekistan.

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov met with Richard Holbrooke, US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, at Oqsaroy on February19, 2010.

Welcoming the prominent US diplomat, the head of Uzbekistan expressed the attitude of the country toward further development of Uzbek-American relations on a constructive basis to ensure peace and stability in Afghanistan.

Today, Uzbekistan supplies this country with energy, soft commodities, builds transportation system and provides aid in different spheres of socioeconomic reconstruction. For example, the volume of Uzbek energy supplied to Afghanistan has increased several times this year...