Suarez is technically allowed to play friendlies after an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport succeeded in getting some terms of his four-month suspension from all football-related activity changed.
But the striker has seen only 15 minutes of action in a Barcelona friendly since being handed a nine-match ban from competitive internationals after biting an opponent during a World Cup match in June.
Uruguay play Japan on Sept. 5 in Sapporo and South Korea in Seoul four days later.
There was no official reason given for the absence of World Cup captain Lugano, released by West Bromwich Albion in May, and striker Forlan, now playing in the J-League.
They have not formally retired but with both well into their thirties, their international careers are all but over after Uruguay’s last-16 elimination at the Brazil finals.
Coach Oscar Tabarez, who picked the squad, is close to being confirmed as staying in charge for another four-year World Cup cycle but since he is recovering from back surgery, the team will travel with Uruguay under-20s coach Fabian Coito as caretaker.
There are 18 members of Uruguay’s World Cup squad among the 29 players named but seven of the other 11 had never before been called up as Uruguay begin the process of renewal.
The other missing players from the June-July Brazil tournament are midfielders Diego Perez of Bologna and Southampton’s Gaston Ramirez.
Uruguay, whose next objective is to defend their Copa America title in Chile next year, also meet Saudi Arabia in a friendly in Jeddah on Oct. 10.
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray), Martin Silva (Vasco Da Gama), Martin Campana (Defensor Sporting), Rodrigo Munoz (Libertad)
Defenders: Diego Godin, Jose Maria Gimenez (both Atletico Madrid), Sebastian Coates (Liverpool), Emiliano Velazquez (Danubio), Martin Caceres (Juventus), Alvaro Pereira (Sao Paulo), Mathias Corujo (Universidad de Chile), Matias Aguirregaray (Estudiantes), Jorge Fucile (Nacional), Alejandro Silva (Penarol), Maximiliano Pereira (Benfica)
Midfielders: Walter Gargano (Napoli), Egidio Arevalo Rios (UANL Tigres), Alvaro Gonzalez (Lazio), Diego Laxalt (Empoli), Camilo Mayada (Danubio), Jorge Rodriguez (Penarol), Nicolas Lodeiro (Corinthians), Cristian Rodriguez (Atletico Madrid), Giorgian De Arrascaeta (Defensor Sporting)
Forwards: Edinson Cavani (Paris St-Germain), Cristhian Stuani (Espanyol), Abel Hernandez (Palermo), Diego Rolan (Bordeaux), Jonathan Rodriguez (Penarol)
(Additional reporting by Malena Castaldi; Writing by Rex Gowar, editing by Mark Meadows)
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