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Uzbekistan and Qatar to launch direct flights
09 April 2021
Uzbekistan and Qatar to launch direct flights

The Deputy Prime-Minister – The Minister of Tourism and Sports Aziz Abdukhakimov hosted the delegation of Aviation Authorities of Qatar.

The Qatari Delegation visit to Uzbekistan is related to the preparation process of the Intergovernmental Agreement between Uzbekistan and Qatar on air services between the two countries, as well as discussing the issues of establishing direct flights between Uzbekistan and Qatar.

Aziz Abdukhakimov briefed the guests about the ongoing reforms in Uzbekistan today, the modern infrastructure and new tourist destinations being created and developed in the country, as well as the activities being taken on restoring the tourism industry in Uzbekistan by establishing necessary conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Qatari delegation was also informed in details about the decisions of Uzbekistan’s government on the liberalization of air transport market, the Open Sky regime implemented in the regional airports of Uzbekistan, as well as the “cash-back” methods during organizing charter flights with foreign airline companies. 

The Head of Department of Civil Aviation Services of Qatar Mohammed Faleh Al Khajdri noted that owning a great tourism potential due to having a very rich historical and cultural heritage of centuries and such ancient cities as Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva, the country attracts Qatari travelers to visit Uzbekistan. By his opinion, signing the agreement on air services exchange between the two countries will serve as another great tool for the further enhancement of cooperation between Uzbekistan and Qatar, as well as increasing the tourists flow to Uzbekistan from Qatar, including business exchange opportunities between the two countries. 

The Head of Department of “Qatar Airways” Salam Al Sammari confirmed the high interest of their airline company in operating flights to Uzbekistan and using Open Sky regime in the regional airports of Uzbekistan. This would also trigger attracting travelers to Uzbekistan from the Gulf States for visiting the historical Uzbekistan.

As a result of the meeting the sides have agreed on the soonest resolution of the existing matters on the draft of the agreement and its further signing. Uzbekistan and Qatar will continue the dialogue on the enhanced cooperation and the realization of new projects in the tourism industry.

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Did you know?

Uzbekistan is one of only two countries in the world to be ‘double landlocked’ (landlocked and totally surrounded by other landlocked countries). Liechtenstein is double landlocked by 2 countries whilst Uzbekistan is surrounded by 5!

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Uzbekistan is the world capital of melons. They have in excess of 150 different varieties, which form a staple part of the local diet, served fresh in the summer and eaten dried through the winter.

It is Uzbek tradition that the most respected guest be seated farthest from the house’s entrance.

Tashkent’s metro features chandeliers, marble pillars and ceilings, granite, and engraved metal. It has been called one of the most beautiful train stations in the world.

The Uzbek master chef is able to cook in just one caldron enough plov to serve a thousand men.

When you are a host to someone, it is your duty to fill their cups with for the whole time they are with you.  What you must not do, however, is to fill their cup more than half-full.  If you do that as a mistake, say it is a mistake immediately.  Doing it means you want them to leave.  Wow!  Amazing, right?

To Uzbeks, respect means a whole lot.  For this reason they love it if, even as foreigners, you endeavour to add the respectful suffix opa after a woman's name; and aka after a man's.  Example: Linda-opa and David-aka.  You could also use hon and jon respectively.

Having been an historic crossroads for centuries as part of various ancient empires, Uzbekistan’s food is very eclectic. It has its roots in Iranian, Arab, Indian, Russian and Chinese cuisine.

Though identified with the Persia, the Zoroastrism probably originated in Bactria or Sogdiana. Many distinguished scholars share an opinion that Zoroastrianism had originated in the ancient Khorezm. Indeed, today in the world there were found 63 Zoroastrian monuments, including those in Iran, India, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Thirty-eight of them are in Uzbekistan, whereas 17 of these monuments are located in Khorezm.

One of Islam's most sacred relics - the world's oldest Koran that was compiled in Medina by Othman, the third caliph or Muslim leader, is kept in Tashkent. It was completed in the year 651, only 19 years after Muhammad's death. 

Tashkent is the only megapolis in the world where public transport is totally comprised of Mercedes buses. And due to low urban air polution it is one of the few cities where one can still see the stars in the sky.

You would be surprised to know that modern TV was born in Tashkent. No joke! The picture of moving objects was transmitted by radio first time in the world in Tashkent on 26 of July 1928 by inventors B.P. Grabovsky and I.F. Belansky.

Uzbekistan is the only country in the world all of whose neighbours have their names ending in STAN. This is also the only country in Central Asia that borders all of the countries of this region

Uzbeks are the third populous Turkik ethnicity in the world after Turks and Azeris (leaving both in Azerbaijan and Iran)

Did you know that there was silk money in Khiva? Super interesting right? Of course, but the best part of having silk money was that it could be sewn into your clothing.

Famous Islamic physician Ibn Sina (Avicenna in the Latin world) who was born near Bukhara was the one of the first people to advocate using women’s hair as suture material – about 1400 years ago.

Uzbekistan has a long and bloody history. The most notorious leader of Uzbekistan was Timur (or Tamerlane) who claimed descent from Genghis Khan. His military campaigns have been credited for wiping out some 5% of the world’s population at the time.

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Uzbekistan was once a rum producig country. There is still a real arboretum in Denau (city near Termez on the border with Afghanistan), grown from a selection station that studied the prospects of plant growing in the unusual for the Soviet Union subtropical climate of Surkhandarya region: only here in the whole of the USSR sugar cane was grown and even rum was produced!

Uzbekistan has been ranked one of the safest countries in the world, according to a new global poll. The annual Gallup Global Law and Order asked if people felt safe walking at night and whether they had been victims of crime. The survey placed Uzbekistan 5th out of 135 countries, while the UK was 21st and the US 35th. Top five safest countries:

  • Singapore
  • Norway
  • Iceland
  • Finland
  • Uzbekistan
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