Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan

July 28, 2015 

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov received Lloyd Austin, Commander of the United States Central Command, at the Oqsaroy July 27.

Greeting the guest, the head of our state underlined the constructive nature of the current Uzbek-American relations built on mutual interest.

As it was stressed, the regular dialogue at various levels and dimensions allows Uzbekistan and the United States to steady advance the multifaceted and mutually advantageous cooperation.

A range of international issues, including the interaction aimed at providing for security and stability in the region, have been discussed during the meeting. The talks served to exchange views on the processes of peaceful resolution of the situation in Afghanistan.

General Austin extended sincere gratitude to President Islam Karimov for a warm welcome and the opportunity for an in-depth deliberation on issues pertaining to the current state and prospects of the Uzbek-American relations.

Trend

July 30, 2015 

New deputies of the foreign minister of Uzbekistan have been named, according to a message form the Uzbek Foreign Ministry.

The ministry said Zhavlon Vakhabov would hold the position of the first deputy foreign minister.

Saidikram Niyazkhodzhayev and Gayrat Fazilov will be serving as the deputy ministers.

All of them were presented July 29 at the ministry's board.

Prior to his current appointment Zhavlon Vakhabov served as the deputy foreign minister.

Saidikram Niyazkhodzhayev previously worked as the deputy economy minister, and Gayrat Fazilov was the advisor at the Uzbek Embassy in Belgium.

AzerNews

July 31, 2015 

GM Uzbekistan, an Uzbek-American joint venture, has started serial production of the Chevrolet Labo cars, the company reported on July 29.

Chevrolet Labo is a mini-truck with a load capacity of 550 kilograms. It was created as a modification of already produced Damas minibus. The car is equipped with a three-cylinder engine of 0.8 liter with a capacity of 38 hp and five-speed manual transmission.

This mini-truck with an open board body is designed for transportation in urban and rural areas for short distances.

Production of the car is deployed at Khorezm Auto plant. The design capacity of the conveyor line is 5,000 cars per year. The cost of the project is $5.9 million.

GM Uzbekistan JV, formerly known as UzDaewooAuto, was established in 1996 on a parity basis by Uzbekistan and South Korean Daewoo Motors.

In 2005, Uzbekistan acquired Daewoo's shares in UzDaewooAuto. Then in 2007, Uzavtoprom and the U.S.-based General Motors signed an agreement to establish GM Uzbekistan with an authorized capital of $266.7 million.

General Motors owns a 25 percent plus one stake in GM Uzbekistan with the possibility of increasing total shares to 40 percent. At the moment, 75 percent of the shares belong to the Uzavtoprom.

Currently, GM Uzbekistan produces nine brands of cars, in particular sedans of Nexia, Cobalt, Lacetti and Malibu, two subcompact - Matiz and Spark, offroader - Captiva, minivan - Orlando, minibus - Damas and mini-truck Labo.

GM Uzbekistan produced 119,412 cars in the first half of 2015. Last year the JV produced 245,600 cars, some 55,200 of which were exported to foreign markets.

AUCC

July 31, 2015