Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov today received the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of New Zealand (stationed in Moscow) Ian Alexander Hill.

The Uzbek Minister for Employment and Labor Relations Aziz Abdukhakimov met with the US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Uzbekistan Pamela Spratlen on Tuesday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev congratulated the press and media workers on professional holiday, which was marked on June 27.

The official inauguration ceremony of the Embassy of Hungary was held todayin Tashkent, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said. The Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov and the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó took part in the ceremony which also saw the flags of Hungary and the European Union raised above the embassy building.

The Uzbek Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulaziz Kamilov on Monday received the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands stationed in Moscow, Regina Veronica Maria Jones-Bos.

Today the Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov held talks with the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó who arrived in Uzbekistan Monday on a two-day official visit.

On June 23, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America Pamela Leora Spratlen.

Relations between the European Union and the Republic of Uzbekistan have been developing steadily since its independence in 1991. The signature of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) in 1996 paved the way for a broader bilateral relationship.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov received the Pakistani Ambassador Riaz Hussain Bukhari today, the press service of the Foreign Ministry reported.

A bus was heading from Shymkent (Kazakhstan) to Volgograd (Russian Federation) when it toppled in Kazakhstan's Akmola province today killing 9 people, all Uzbek nationals.

The President of Uzbekistan, by his resolution of June 21, 2017, approved the Framework Agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on conducting operations on Environmental Remediation Account for Central Asia, signed on March 16, 2017 in Tashkent.

On June 22, the Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov received the newly appointed Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Vatican stationed in Moscow Celestino Migliore.

Deputy Chairman of the Uzbek Senate Sadyk Safaev commented on frequent personnel changes in the government. In recent months we have seen a number of instances of departments being merged, abolished, split up, or newly created to better reflect the priorities of the government.

On June 21, at the Uzbek Foreign Ministry was held a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea Kwon Yong Woo.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev in order to inspect ongoing construction works and familiarize himself with socio-economic development, the activities of schools and makhallas (neighbourhoods) departed for Ferghana province on June 22, UzA reported.

By the June 21 Presidential decree Shukhrat Atabaev has been appointed deputy chairman of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan, the President’s press service reported.

President of Uzbekistan on June 20 signed a resolution appointing Kurbanov Mirshod Mahmudovich as Chairman of the Committee for State Reserves Management under the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev by his June 19 resolution approved the agreements signed on April 5, 2017 in Moscow, including:

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev with his June 20 decree has named Inom Majidov as Minister of Higher and Secondary Special Education of Uzbekistan, replacing Rustam Kasimov, who was appointed the first deputy state adviser to the President on organizational and personnel matters and rector of the Academy of Public Administration under the President by another decree of the head of state, the government portal said. Previously, this post was occupied by Adham Ikramov, who will now be overseeing the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

An Extraordinary Congress of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan was held June 20, which saw the new  chairman of the Executive Committee of the Chamber elected.