The regular talks of working groups of the Joint Uzbek-Turkmen Intergovernmental Commission on Delimitation and Demarcation of the State Border between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan were held in Turkmenistan from June 25 to July 1, 2018.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Treaty between the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Republic of Turkey on Extradition Bill into Law. The bill was passed by the Legislative Chamber on June 26 and approved by the Senate on June 28, the Xalq So’zi newspaper published Tuesday.

Merritz, an international law firm with offices in London and Dubai, announces its expansion plans to cover the CIS market with an office based in Tashkent starting its operations as soon as July 2018, the company said in a statement.

The Secretary of the Security Council under the President of Uzbekistan Viktor Mahmudov and Assistant to the President - Secretary of the Security Council of Kazakhstan Nurlan Yermekbayev held regular consultations in Tashkent Wednesday, the press service of the President of Kazakhstan.

Ambassador of the United States of America H.E. Pamela Spratlen is ending her posting in Uzbekistan, she said at a reception in Tashkent in honor of the U.S .Independence Day Friday. Among the guests of the evening was the Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov.

In a new Trafficking In Persons report, the U.S. State Department upgraded Uzbekistan from Tier 3 to Tier Watch List. The department’s annual report, which is aimed at curbing human trafficking, was unveiled in a ceremony in Washington on June 28 by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev during his Olmazor district trip familiarized himself with the social and economic development projects, the presidential press service said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the Deaf-Learning Center at the Deaf Society of Uzbekistan as part of his trip to Tashkent’s Olmazor district. The Center has been overhauled, with the concert hall for 450 people, study rooms, gyms getting equipment.

The Senate at the 15th plenary meeting on Friday appointed Sardor Rustamboev as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Uzbekistan to France.

Umidjan Salimov has been appointed deputy chairman of Uzavtosanoat and will responsible for the development and marketing, the Ministry of Justice said. Since August last year until recently, Umidjan Salimov was the head of Uzavtosanoat, but at the meeting chaired by Shavkat Mirziyoyev Wednesday he was dismissed from his post, with Shavkat Umurzakov replacing him.

President Mirziyoyev signed a decree Wednesday creating the Center of People's Diplomacy of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Uzbekistan as a non-governmental non-profit organization.

The newly appointed Uzbek Ambassador to Israel Said Rustamov left for Tel-Aviv, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Previously, he worked as the head of the department for cooperation with the countries of Americas, and before that - as the adviser to the Uzbek Embassy in the United States.

Prosecutor General of Uzbekistan Otabek Murodov, speaking at the 15th plenary session of the Senate on Thursday, commented on the criminal case against the former prosecutor general Rashitjon Kadirov, Gazeta.ru said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev issued the decree Wednesday approving the State Program Yoshlar-Kelajagimiz (transl. Youth is Our Future). It is said to be aimed at creating jobs for the young people through facilitating and supporting youth business initiatives, start-ups, ideas and projects, training the jobless youth for business skills and increasing their social and economic activitsm in general.

The Senate passed the Countering Extremism Bill at the 15th plenary session on Thursday. The bill is aimed at ensuring the security of an individual, society and the state, protecting the constitutional order, Uzbekistan’s territorial integrity, maintaining peace, interethnic and interreligious harmony.

By the decision of the Chilonzor district mayor Davron Khidoyatov, the metal fence around the building of the mayor’s office was dismantled on Tuesday.

Shavkat Umurzakov, the former employee of the Prosecutor General's Office, has become the new chief of Uzavtosanoat, replacing Umidjon, who was in charge of the company since August last year. The sacking took place at a meeting devoted to Uzbek car industry chaired by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev Tuesday, and was reportedly due to “shortcomings in the work and unsatisfactory state of affairs in the industry”.

The chairmen of the Supreme Courts of Uzbekistan and Russia Kozimdjan Kamilov and Vyacheslav Lebedev signed a cooperation agreement in a meeting in Moscow, Gazeta.uz said.

Sheikh Abdulaziz Mansur has been appointed as the new chief imam-hatib of Tashkent, the Muslim Board of Uzbekistan said. He will retain the post of Deputy Director of Muslim Board that he has hold since 2006, and will concurrently serve as imam-hatib of the Minor mosque.

Some Uzbek language news publications such as Kun.uz, Xabar.uz, Azon.uz and Qalampir.uz cannot be reached since June 22. The most popular news website in Uzbekistan Kun.uz has published an official statement on its Facebook page, clarifying the "technical problems" the site is facing.