1 September marks a national holiday – the Independence Day, or Mustaqillik – of the Republic of Uzbekistan, a Member State of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.

Collaboration with Uzbek physicists began with the Institute’s foundation in 1956. In June 1992, the Republic of Uzbekistan joined JINR as an independent Member State. Cooperation has been active during all the years of the Institute’s existence.

The Directorate of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research congratulates colleagues and partners from Uzbekistan, as well as their relatives, on Independence Day and wishes them good health, happiness, well-being, luck, and new professional successes for the benefits of science and progress.