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On 13 October , the Rule of Law Partnership in Uzbekistan presented 15 inter-district civil courts of the Fergana Valley with modern computer equipment that will help connect the courts to the E-SUD national electronic case management system.

The Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of Uzbekistan and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) launched a joint project “Assistance in development of effective public administration and digital transformation”.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received yesterday the visiting head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov,  UzA said.

From 12-14 October 2017 Helena Fraser, UN Resident Coordinator in Uzbekistan and Olivier Chave, Ambassador of Switzerland in Uzbekistan visited the Republic of Karakalpakstan to familiarize with the current situation in the region and efforts of the Government to prevent the consequences of the environmental crisis; measures for adaptation to the climate change as well as the UN activities in Karakalpakstan. The visit was organized by the UN Joint Programme “Building the resilience of communities affected by the Aral Sea disaster through a Multi-Partner Human Security Fund for the Aral Sea”, funded by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security.

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir will visit Tashkent from 17 to 19 October 2017 and open the 19th regional Central Asia Media Conference "Open Journalism in Central Asia".

From next year, the double (green and red) channel system will be introduced at customs control points of Uzbekistan. According to the October 11 government decree, the system should enter into force at international airports on January 1, 2018, and at automobile and railway checkpoints - from January 1, 2021.

The head of Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov today arrived in Uzbekistan on a two-day working visit. During the visit Ramzan Kadyrov will be received by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The sides are expected to discuss issues of cultural, spiritual and economic cooperation, RIA Novosti said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev by his October 14 decree has appointed Ilgizar Sabirov to the post of Khorezm province governor.

The concept of Tashkent City business district has been approved in Uzbekistan. The business district will be located on ​​80 hectares between Alisher Navoi avenue, Olmazor, Furqat streets and Islam Karimov avenue.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev arrived in the Khorezm province on October 14 to familiarize himself with the socio-economic reforms in the province and setting the future tasks.

Uzbekistan Airways rented Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov's Airbus 340 for use as the official aircraft of the President of Uzbekistan for long-haul flights, the company said in a statement.

The raft of reforms under way in Uzbekistan must invest in the promotion and protection of human rights, including freedom of religion or belief, a UN expert has concluded at the end of an official visit to the country.

Uzbekistan intends to "seriously review its approaches" and give "a qualitatively new dynamic" to its membership within the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev said at the roundtable of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS in Sochi on October 11.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev held talks with the President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko on the sidelines of CIS Summit in Sochi and invited him to visit Uzbekistan in 2018.

President Mirziyoyev issued Additional Measures for Sales of State-Owned Assets Aimed at Private Healthcare Sector Development Decree approving a list of state owned medical organizations whose assets are put on auction for privatization. According to the State Committee on Competition, this list includes 48 facilities across the country.

The new Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Turkey, Alisher Aghzamhodzhayev, presented his credentials to the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

The Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) today held its regular meeting in Sochi. The Uzbekistan’s Foreign Ministry delegation headed by Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov attended the meeting.

Before the meeting of the heads of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which the two leaders discussed the implementation of the previously set plans.

The newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Uzbekistan to the United States of America, Javlon Vakhabov today left Tashkent for New York, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with the Russian President Vladimir Putin, Uzbek President’s press service reported.