Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov in Doha met with Qatari Deputy PM/ Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al Thani, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

Director of Iftikhor football club Ahror Ergashev and the coach Nodir Kuziboev are banned for life from all football-related activities, the Uzbekistan Football Association (UFA) said.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev today visited several ongoing projects in Tashkent, among which multifunctional ice complex Khumo Arena, which is being built at the intersection of Afrosiyob and Beshyogoch streets.

Uzbek PM Abdulla Aripov met his Tajik counterpart Kohir Rasulzoda in Dushanbe on the margins of the CIS heads of governments meeting yesterday, Asia Plus reported.

By the May 29 Government’s decree, which will take effect immediately, foreign nationals staying in Uzbekistan hotels, medical institutions and other residences shall no longer be held liable for violation of temporary registration rules.

As it was reported earlier President Shavkat Mirziyoev is expected to visit France this summer. Although the level of cooperation had been modest between Uzbekistan and France during the last quarter of century, the president Mirziyoyev’s visit will be a good opportunity to bolster the ties, in terms of opening new horizons for co-operation and strategic partnerships between the two countries, thus providing more fruitful opportunities and mutual benefits for them especially in the economic, financial, investment and security sectors.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree yesterday creating a new system for recruiting of senior civil service executives through competitive exams.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today received the visiting Director General of the State Nuclear Energy Corporation ROSATOM Alexey Likhachev.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov today met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrovin Moscow. Abdulaziz Kamilov is in Russia on a working visit to attend the International Think Tank Summit «Primakov Readings».

The overall Human Rights situation in the Country has followed a positive trajectory following the election of President Mirziyoyev. As part of their ambitious reform programme, the leadership of Uzbekistan have undertaken significant efforts to improve Uzbekistan's Human Rights record, declaring 2017 "Year of dialogue with the people and human interests in Uzbekistan", the EU Human Rights Report 2017 said.

Uzbekistan Airways announced it will cut prices for Tashkent-New York flight for the period from June 3 to September 8 on economy class.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is expected to visit the French Republic this year, a source in the Uzbekistan Foreign Ministry said. The visit is said to take place in summer, however, details of the visit were not disclosed.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay a state visit to Uzbekistan in the middle of autumn, the Russian ambassador Vladimir Tyurdenev said.

The Singaporean passport is no longer the most powerful passport in the world. According to the latest Henley Passport Index, Japan is now in the top spot with visa-free travel to 189 countries. 

Chairman of tourism development committee Aziz Abduhakimov has been appointed Deputy Prime Minister, replacing Kahramon Akramov as the head of the complex of education, healthcare, ecology, environment protection and sports, a source in the government said.

The petition, inititiated on the Mening Fikrim (transl. My Opinion) petitioning portal to award Shavkat Mirziyoyev the Hero of Uzbekistan order, gathered the required 10,000 signatures and is now being reviewed by the Parliement, with an official response to be posted on the site within 60 days.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed decree dismissing Kakhramon Akmalov from the post of the deputy PM, head of the governmental complex for education, health, environmental protection and sports due to his being moved to another job, a sources in the government said.

Evgeny Vladimirovich Birger has been appointed director general of the Uzbekiston Pochtasi (Uzbekistan Post), state-run postal service and courrier company Wednesday, replacing Shuhrat Atamuhamedov, who was moved to Uchtepa district mayor job, the company said.

Uzbek Foreign ministry today hosted a meeting with the delegation of Amnesty International led by Regional Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Marie Struthers, the Foreign ministry reported.

The situation in Afghanistan is not becoming more stable, which allows terrorists to cross the country to neighboring countries, Russian Defense Minister, the Army General Sergey Shoygu said at talks with his Uzbek counterpart, Adbusalom Azizov in Tashkent Tuesday.