Uzbekistan and Russia signed a cooperation plan between their defense ministries for 2025 and a strategic military partnership program for 2026−2030.
President of Uzbekistan signed decrees freeing the chairman of the State Security Service Abdusalom Azizov from this post and appointing instead defense minister Bakhodir Kurbanov. Shuhrat Khalmuhamedov (pictured) became the new defense minister.
Senators approved a law ratifying the agreement on measures to protect classified military information between Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Defense and the US Department of Defense. The document covers the information exchange, receipt of gratuitous military-technical assistance, and other.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev welcomed the U.S. delegations led by Senator Steve Daines and Congressman Mike Rogers, Chairman of the House of Armed Services Committee, on March 27. Congressman also had a meeting with the Minister of Defense Bakhodir Kurbanov.
Defense Ministry of Uzbekistan refuted a circulating social media post claiming that an Afghan military helicopter was dislodged on the border between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. “These reports are unfounded,” stated the Defense Ministry.
The Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan claimed the sufficiency of the country’s armed forces to ensure its security under the mandate of the Constitution.
A Mi-8 helicopter under the command of Uzbekistan Air and Air Defence Forces crashed during a training flight at the Kattakurgan training area. The entire crew passed away.
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