The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the invitation of the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev will pay a state visit to Kazakhstan on March 22-23, 2017, UzA reported.

On March 17, 2017 the Uzbek Foreign Minister, Abdulaziz Kamilov received the Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the OSCE, Michael Georg Link, who arrived in our country as the head of the ODIHR delegation.

"Uzbekistan - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: A New Beginning" - such was the theme of a meeting of the recently launched press club in Tashkent to which was invited the President of the EBRD, Suma Chakrabarti, who is in a three-day visit to Uzbekistan.

On March 13-15 in Moscow, the delegation of the Uzbek Foreign Ministry took part in the Uzbek-Russian consultations between the Foreign ministries on inventory survey and improvement of the legal framework of bilateral relations.

Asadjon Khodjaev has been appointed as the Deputy State Adviser - Press Secretary to the President of Uzbekistan, a source in the government said.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev decreed to liquidate the Agency for Expert Opinion of Feasibility Studies of Projects of newly constructed and reconstructed production facilities, machinery and technologies under the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan.

A delegation of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE ODIHR) headed by the director, Michael Georg Link will pay a visit to Uzbekistan on 16 March 2017.

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Uzbekistan and Turkey, the two Heads of States exchanged congratulatory messages, a statement of the Uzbek Foreign Ministry.

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Uzbekistan and Germany, the Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev exchanged congratulatory messages, UzA reported.

On March 1, 2017 the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree that envisages measures to improve, increase efficiency and optimize the structure of the President's Apparatus (Office), including the elimination of duplication, clear definition and specification of tasks and functions of its structural units.

The fifth round of Uzbek-Iranian political consultations between Foreign ministries was held on March 13, 2017 at the Uzbek Foreign Ministry. The Iranian delegation was headed by the Deputy Foreign Minister, Ebrahim Rahimpour.

The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit Kazakhstan on March 22-23, the Kazakh Minister of Foreign Affairs announced.

Abdukhashim Abdullayev has been appointed as new chairman of the board of UzKimyoSanoat (transl. Uzbek Chemical Industry, a state-run company) by the Feb. 9 resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan, the Governmental portal said.

Today in Tashkent will be held the fifth round of Uzbek-Iranian political consultations between Foreign Ministries, in which will be present the delegation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, headed by Deputy Minister Ebrahim Rahimpour.

On March 10, 2017 a Kazakhstan delegation headed by the Assistant to the President, the Secretary of the Security Council of Kazakhstan, Vladimir Zhumakanov visited Tashkent, UzA reported.

President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the Asian Development Bank (ADB) President, Takehiko Nakao today and signed loan agreements totaling $573 million. Mr. Nakao expressed confidence in the country’s economic prospects and reiterated ADB’s support for the government’s development agenda.

The President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the invitation of the President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on March 6-7 will pay a state visit to Turkmenistan. This was reported by Akhborot news program on Uzbekistan channel.

Uzbekistan Avenue in downtown Tashkent has been renamed to Islam Karimov Avenue, Tashkent mayor’s office announced today.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in his March 2 message to the UN Secretary General, António Guterres on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the membership of Uzbekistan in the UN, said he intends to participate in the next session of the UN General Assembly in New York in September.

On March 2, 2017, the Uzbek Foreign Minister, Abdulaziz Kamilov received the newly appointed Ambassador of Australia with residence in Moscow, Peter Martin Tash, the Foreign Ministry's press service said.