Uzbekistan’s Foreign Minister today hosted the Senior Arctic Official and DG for Circumpolar and Eastern Europe of the Canada Global Affairs, Alison LeClaire.

Special Representative of the President of Uzbekistan for Afghanistan Ismatilla Irgashev today hosted the minister-counsellor of the Embassy of the Russian Federation Vadim Mitrofanov, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

The Tashkent’s Mirabad District Criminal Court on Monday sentenced Islombek Tulaganov, student of the Borovskiy medical college to six years in prison for beating a classmate in May that led to his death.

UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Yury Fedotov will visit Uzbekistan on 31 October 2017, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

Tashkent will host the next round of Uzbek-Canadian inter-MFA political consultations, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Governor of Tashkent province Shukrullo Boboev and governor of Djizak province Ulugbek Uzokov were fired by the President, Uzbek PM Abdulla Aripov announced at today’s government meeting, a source in the government said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Saturday familiarized himself with the construction progress of skyrail ring line, UzA said. The total length of tracks will be 52.1 km, of which 50.5 km will be laid above the ground on 6 m high overpasses and 1.6 km on the ground.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev yesterday received the Deputy PM of the Russian Federation Dmitry Rogozin who arrived in Uzbekistan on the instruction of the President Vladimir Putin.

A Russian delegation led by Deputy PM Dmitry Rogozin today arrived in Tashkent, the Uzbek  Foreign Ministry said. The reported purpose of the visit is to discuss the state and prospects for advancing bilateral cooperation and preparations for the upcoming visit of the Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev, who will visit Uzbekistan on November 2-3 to attend the meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

The Uzbek government during President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s first year in office has taken some positive steps to improve the human rights situation, but should now transform them into institutional change and sustainable improvements, Human Rights Watch said today.

At the Uzbek Foreign Ministry were held talks with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea Kwon Yong Woo, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

On November 2-3 Russian Prime Minister Dmitriy Medvedev will pay an official visit to the Republic of Uzbekistan to attend a meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the press service of the Russian government said.

Uzbek President Mirziyoyev and Turkish President Erdoğan  addressed a news conference at the presidential complex in the capital Ankara after bilateral talks between the delegations. Before the conference, the heads of state signed a Joint Declaration aimed at improving Uzbekistan-Turkey ties.

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who arrived in Turkey on a state visit, travelled to the Presidential palace escorted by equestrian troops.

Kadirbay Bekturdiyev was appointed first deputy minister of public education by the on October 24 decree of the President of Uzbekistan. the Ministry of Public Education said in a statement.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev today arrived in Turkey at the Ankara Esenboğa Airport where he was welcomed by the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ and other high-ranking officials.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev today left for Turkey on a state visit. During the high-level talks in Ankara, the sides are expected to discuss the ways to expand Uzbek-Turkish ties in political, trade-economic, investment, transport-communication and other fields, collaboration to counteract global and regional challenges and threats as well as exchange opinions on international issues.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov today hosted the visiting State Secretary and Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian federation Grigory Karasin.

On 25 October 2017 Tashkent will host the Twelfth Meeting of the Chairmen of the Supreme Courts of the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

Ganiev Jahongir Dunanovich has been appointed adviser to the Embassy, Chargé d'affaires of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the Kingdom of Spain.