Uzbekistan’s Labor Migration Agency said on December 21 that 119 Uzbek nationals who had illegally entered the United States, mostly via Mexico, had been flown back to Tashkent, RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service reported. In a video the agency placed on Telegram, one of those expelled said he paid $5,000 to individuals who had arranged a Mexican-U.S. border

An agreement on joint production of charging stations for electric vehicles was reached between Uzbekistan and China, the Uzbek Ministry of Energy said. A delegation from the Uzbek Research Institute of Renewable Energy Sources visited China last week. During meetings with representatives of the Henan Suda company, the parties discussed the implementation of a project for the