The President of Uzbekistan by his April 20 decree appointed Ravshan Ayyubovich Gulyamov as chairman of the newly created Privatized Enterprises Assistance and Competition Development Committee, the committee's website said in a statement.

On April 21, the Uzbek Foreign Minister, Abdulaziz Kamilov, who is taking part in the meeting of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers in Astana, held talks with the Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi.

Uzbekistan Railways announced train fares cut and the launch of regular morning, afternoon and evening high-speed train services in Tashkent-Andijan-Tashkent, Urgench-Andijan-Urgench, Bukhara-Andijan-Bukhara routes.

On April 20, the Uzbek Foreign Minister, Abdulaziz Kamilov met the delegation of the Sultanate of Oman headed by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Albusaidi, who arrived in Uzbekistan to participate in bilateral negotiations, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry reported.

On April 19, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a government meeting devoted to enhancing the personal liability of executives of all levels for optimizing the imports through further localization of production and expanding industrial cooperation, as well as fulfilling the forecast exports figures and fully utilizing reserves to increase exports, UzA reported.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan on April 12 issued a resolution to appoint Bahrom Kurbonovich Sharipov as the Chairman of the Board of UzbekIpakSanoat (Uzbek Silk Industry) Association, according to the government portal.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev decreed Wednesday the creation of a Ministry of Housing and Utility Services. The new Ministry will focus on “further improving the management of housing and utility services (HUS) system", according to the decree.

By the April 18 Presidential decree, Erkin Yuldashev has been appointed as the deputy prosecutor general of Uzbekistan, the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office reported.

According to the Tashkent mayor’s office, the mayors of four districts - Mirabad, Yashnabad, Uchtepa and Sergeli - have been replaced.

Bakhtiyor Abdusamatov, who headed the Committee for Nature Protection since December 2013, has been appointed as khokim (mayor) of the Yunusabad district, the mayor’s office announced.

On April 18, 2017, the Uzbek Foreign Minister, Abdulaziz Kamilov received the U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Pamela Leora Spratlen.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on April 10 decreed to create an Uzbekistan’s Supreme Judicial Council, a new institution introduced by recent amendments to the Constitution.

Davron Khidoyatov, former chairman of the Committee on privatization, demonopolization and development of competition has been appointed as khokim (mayor) of Tashkent’s Chilanzar district, the Tashkent city mayor’s office announced.

On April 19, 2017 a delegation of the Sultanate of Oman, headed by the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al-Busaidi will arrive in Uzbekistan.

The French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development, Jean-Marc Ayrault, during his official visit to Uzbekistan gave an interview to the Jahon Information Agency.

The Uzbek police uniform and insignia are to be reviewed. This is stipulated by the April 10 Presidential decree on Fundamental Enhancing of the Effectiveness of the Interior Affairs Bodies (police).

The improvement of the investment climate is "an organic component of Uzbekistan's foreign and foreign economic policy," Sadik Safayev, the first deputy chairman of the Senate, said at the maiden meeting of the newly launched International Press Club in Tashkent on Friday.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev during his trip to Samarkand inaugurated a newly built tram line, the press service of Uzbekistan Railways said.

By the April 13, 2017 Presidential decree, Yusupaliyev Bakhodir Kakhramanovich has been appointed as the first deputy Minister of Health, the Health Ministry announced in a statement.

On April 15, the Uzbek Foreign Minister, Abdulaziz Kamilov met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development of the French Republic, Jean-Marc Ayrault, who arrived in Uzbekistan on an official visit.