Uzbekistan

The 44th General Assembly of the Union of Road Transport Associations in the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Region (BSEC-URTA) and various major international transport events are currently underway in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from September 2 to 6. The Chamber of Motor Carriers in Bulgaria is participating in this forum, which focuses on transportation policies and international cooperation.

The number of foreign tourists visiting Istanbul reached almost 10.5 million in the first seven months this year, marking a 7 percent increase from the same period last year.

The figure stood at 9.7 million in the first seven months of last year, while this year it increased by 690,678 million and reached 10.4, data from the provincial directorate of culture and tourism said.

With two days left until the end of the Olympic Games, Greece earned its 8th medal on the 14th day in Paris, thanks to Kurugliev in the 86kg wrestling category.

The decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to allow two female boxers with male chromosomes (intersex), but who are biologically women, to compete in the Paris Olympics has sparked reactions.

Tomorrow, Paris will host the world’s premier sporting event for the first time in a century, welcoming the planet’s most photogenic champions from 206 countries. The aim is to restore the Olympic Games to their former glory after the challenges of Rio and the empty stands of Tokyo, caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Will the €7.5 billion invested be enough to achieve this

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is embarking on a two-day visit to Russia, marking his first trip to Moscow since the onset of the war in Ukraine, as reported by BTA. Modi's itinerary includes a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, whom he last met for bilateral talks in 2019 in Vladivostok.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has called for a unified alphabet among Turkic states to strengthen regional cooperation.

"In order to prevent global power rivalry from spilling over into our geography, we must tighten our ranks and use our capabilities for our common prosperity," Fidan said at an Organization of Turkic States (OTS) summit in Azerbaijan's Susha city on July 6.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping were set to participate Thursday in a regional summit in Central Asia bringing together numerous countries opposed to the West.

Putin and Xi regularly meet under the aegis of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) alliance, whose latest session is being held in Kazakhstan's capital city of Astana.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, as they visited Kazakhstan for a session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on July 3.

The SCO, established in 2001 by China and Russia, serves as a platform to address security concerns in central Asia and beyond.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has received his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the presidential complex in the capital Ankara for bilateral talks.

Mirziyoyev will attend the seventh meeting of the Türkiye-Uzbekistan High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council on the first day of his visit.