Four workers of Mubarek Gas Processing Plant were poisoned with gas after a blast on Wednesday, when performing repair and cleaning works of vessel of a filter-separator at propane-butane mixture production plant due to negligence , according to the Uzbek Emergency situtations ministry.

On September 20, Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov took part in an extraordinary meeting of the SCO Foreign Ministers Council in New York.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev yesterday in New York met with a group of Uzbek expatriates living in the United States, UzA reported.

Russian delegation led by Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation N. Patrushev arrived in Uzbekistan to hold consultations between the security councils at the invitation of the hosting side.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with the President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev in New York on Wednesday. The two leaders discussed the current state and prospects for advancing of Uzbek-Bulgarian relations.

Alisher Agzamkhodzhaev, the newly appointed Ambassador of Uzbekistan, left for Turkey, the Foreign Ministry announced.

On 19 September 2017, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein at the UN Headquarters in New York.

Dear Mr. Chairman!

Your Excellencies!

Ladies and Gentlemen!

Allow me to express my sincere gratitude for the opportunity to speak from the high rostrum of the United Nations.

Delegation of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan led by General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, of the Armed Forces arrived in Uzbekistan on an official visit.

Uzbekistan and Luxembourg on Monday signed the Protocol amending the Convention for Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal  Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income and Capital of July 2, 1997, the Uzbek Tax Committee said in a statement.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev arrived in New York City to attend the 72nd of the UN General Assembly high level events. The President was at the John F. Kennedy airport received by the chair of the Uzbek-US Chamber of Commerce Carolyn Lamm.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev continued negotiations in an expanded format. Members of official delegations, heads of ministries and large companies took part in them.

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev arrived in Tashkent on September 16 on a state visit. At Islam Karimov airport, the Kazakh leader was personally welcomed by the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, UzA reported.

The case of murder of Jasurbek Ibragimov, a student of Tashkent medical college after Borovsky, will be examined by the Tashkent City Criminal Court with investigation now over, the deputy head of Tashkent prosecutor's office Murodjon Sadykov said at a briefing on Thursday.

The United Nations in Uzbekistan welcomes the adoption of the Concept of Administrative Reform in the Republic of Uzbekistan on 8 September 2017.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov today hosted the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Spain with the residence in Moscow Ignacio Ibáñez Rubio.

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Republic of Bulgaria, the two leaders exchanged congratulatory messages.

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev accepted the invitation of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and will pay a state visit to Uzbekistan on September 16-17, UzA said in a statement.

Enter Engineering has been confirmed as the general contractor for construction of the Jizzakh oil refinery project, a source in Uzbekneftegaz said. Details of the deal were not disclosed.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Visa Procedures Simplification for Polish Tourists Decree, aimed at increasing the tourist inflow from this country.