On July 6 this year, the initialing ceremony of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the Republic of Uzbekistan and the European Union took place in Brussels. The event was attended Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sardor Umurzakov – from the Uzbek side and Head of the Cabinet of the EU High Representative Pedro Serrano – from the European side.

Some mass media and human rights organizations, with reference to unnamed sources, exaggerate various kinds of assumptions and unreliable reports about the events in the city of Nukus of the Republic of Karakalpakstan.

On July 4, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a telephone conversation with the President of the European Council Charles Michel.

On July 3, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the Republic of Karakalpakstan.

On July 2, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the city of Nukus.