At the extraordinary session of the municipal deputies council on Sunday Nematulla Matkarimovich Khudaibergenov has been confirmed as the new mayor of Turtkul ditrict of Karakalpakstan.

A two-day workshop on basic principles of the International Water Law and mechanisms of the international cooperation on use of transboundary water resources takes place in Tashkent.

The issue of Uzbekistan's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) were considered at the talks of Uzbek Foreign Trade Minister Jamshid Khodjaev and U.S. delegation led by Assistant Trade Representative for Central Asia Mark Linscott last Thursday.

A reported earlier the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is visiting Karakalpakstan. According to the President’s press service, during the trip Shavkat Mirziyoyev  familiarized himself with the Karakalpakstan preschool education long-term development program and paid a visit to preschool No. 8 in Chimbay district.

Monitors from the International Labour Organization (ILO) have found that "the systematic use of child labour in Uzbekistan’s cotton harvest has come to an end over the past few years and that concrete measures to completely end the use of forced labour are being implemented." 

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev yesterday arrived in Karakalpakstan, UzA said. Shavkat Mirziyoyev during his January 20-21 Karakalpakstan trip set systemic measures to develop the region's economy and improve social conditions.

Alan Whaites, Senior Adviser and Head of Profession, and Leila Brosnan, International Adviser, of the UK National School of Government International (NSGI) visited Uzbekistan on 6 – 15 December 2017.

Uzbekistan delegation led by Deputy PM/ Finance Minister Jamshid Kuchkarov will attend the 76th meeting of the Economic Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Moscow today, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

The average monthly salary in Uzbekistan in January-September 2017 is estimated at 1,000,346 soums (123.6 US dollars at the CB’s current exchange rate), a Statistics committee official said at an International Press Club meeting Thursday.

Kyrgyzstan has decided to return to Uzbekistan for temporary use the plots of land in Issyk-Kul province where four resorts (Golden Sands, Rohat-NBU, Dilorom, Buston) are located. The relevant governmental decree was signed by the Kyrgyz PM Sapar Isakov, the Kyrgyz government website said in a statement.

Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan signed a number of accords following the talks between the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and President Sooronbai Jeenbekov in Tashkent:

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbai Jeenbekov held talks in Tashkent, the Uzbek Presidency website said.

Uzbekistan’s Prosecutor Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), Jahon said. Murotjon Azimov, First deputy prosecutor general of Uzbekistan signed the MoU on behalf of the Office as part of the US visit on December 4.

Uzbekistan delegation led by the Senate Chairman, Nigmatilla Yuldashev will attend the extraordinary summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation which will be held today in Istanbul, Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov yesterday hosted Pavol Ivan, who is completing his tenure as Ambassador of Slovakia to Uzbekistan, the ministry said in a statement.

Bakhodir Gaibnazarov has been appointed mayor of Tashkent’s Shaykhantahur district. Earlier, he was the mayor of Almazar district, a source in the district mayor’s office said.

Uzbek Foreign Minister delegation led by Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov yesterday met with the Turkmen Deputy PM/ Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov in Ashgabat, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan  Monday, the Uzbek Presidency website said.

The Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed an order approving the opening of a consulate general of Uzbekistan in Rostov-on-Don, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The United Nations in Uzbekistan warmly welcomes the adoption of the President’s Resolution on the State Programme for Persons with Disabilities.