AnewZ Morning Brief - 22 February, 2026
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Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has met with U.S. President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy for South and Central Asia, Sergio Gor, to discuss preparations for next week’s planned C5+1 Leaders’ Summit in Washington.
According to the Uzbek Presidential Office, Mirziyoyev received Gor and his delegation in Tashkent during their official visit. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau also attended the meeting, where Gor conveyed Trump’s greetings and warm wishes to the Uzbek leader.
Talks focused on the upcoming C5+1 Summit, which will bring together the presidents of Central Asian countries and the U.S. President in Washington. The sides also discussed the implementation of agreements reached during Mirziyoyev’s meeting with Trump in New York on 23 September, and ways to further strengthen the Uzbekistan–U.S. strategic partnership.
Both parties expressed satisfaction with the growing political dialogue, ongoing contacts at various levels, and expanding business relations between the two countries. They highlighted the importance of advancing joint projects in industry, finance, mining, energy, digitalisation, and agriculture under the previously agreed roadmap.
The two sides also reviewed cooperation on security, counterterrorism, combating extremism, and tackling illegal migration, as well as exchanged views on global and regional issues.
At the end of the meeting, Gor presented Mirziyoyev with a U.S. flag and a red cap bearing Trump’s signature.
The first C5+1 Summit — involving the leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and the United States — was held in New York in September 2023.
Quentin Griffiths, co-founder of online fashion retailer ASOS, has died in Pattaya, Thailand, after falling from the 17th floor of a condominium on 9 February, Thai police confirmed.
A seven-month-old Japanese macaque has captured global attention after forming an unusual but heart-warming bond with a stuffed orangutan toy following abandonment by its mother.
Ukraine’s National Paralympic Committee has announced it will boycott the opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympics in Verona on 6 March, citing the International Paralympic Committee’s decision to allow some Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete under their national flags.
Divers have recovered the bodies of seven Chinese tourists and a Russian driver after their minibus broke through the ice of on Lake Baikal in Russia, authorities said.
President Donald Trump said on Saturday (21 February) that he will raise temporary tariffs on nearly all U.S. imports from 10% to 15%, the maximum allowed under the law, after the Supreme Court struck down his previous tariff program.
Iran announced on Saturday that it has designated the naval and air forces of European Union member states as “terrorist entities” in a reciprocal move after the EU blacklisted the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
At least 10 people were killed and 50 wounded in Israeli strikes in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley on Friday (20 February), two security sources told Reuters, after the Israeli military said it had targeted Hezbollah sites in the Baalbek area.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Saturday (21 February) dismissed U.S. claims that 32,000 civilians were killed during protests in Iran. He said Tehran has already released official figures and called for evidence to support any higher estimates.
Uzbekistan's president Shavkat Mirziyoyev has held a series of high-level meetings in the U.S. aimed at strengthening bilateral economic and strategic ties between the two countries.
Türkiye has signalled readiness to contribute to a proposed Gaza stabilisation force during the inaugural Board of Peace meeting on Thursday (19 February), but according to former Turkish diplomat Mehmet Öğütçü, the decisive factor will be whether Israel and the United States agree on Ankara’s role.
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