President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev yesterday received the Deputy PM of the Russian Federation Dmitry Rogozin who arrived in Uzbekistan on the instruction of the President Vladimir Putin.

A Russian delegation led by Deputy PM Dmitry Rogozin today arrived in Tashkent, the Uzbek  Foreign Ministry said. The reported purpose of the visit is to discuss the state and prospects for advancing bilateral cooperation and preparations for the upcoming visit of the Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev, who will visit Uzbekistan on November 2-3 to attend the meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

The Uzbek government during President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s first year in office has taken some positive steps to improve the human rights situation, but should now transform them into institutional change and sustainable improvements, Human Rights Watch said today.

At the Uzbek Foreign Ministry were held talks with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea Kwon Yong Woo, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

On November 2-3 Russian Prime Minister Dmitriy Medvedev will pay an official visit to the Republic of Uzbekistan to attend a meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the press service of the Russian government said.

Uzbek President Mirziyoyev and Turkish President Erdoğan  addressed a news conference at the presidential complex in the capital Ankara after bilateral talks between the delegations. Before the conference, the heads of state signed a Joint Declaration aimed at improving Uzbekistan-Turkey ties.

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who arrived in Turkey on a state visit, travelled to the Presidential palace escorted by equestrian troops.

Kadirbay Bekturdiyev was appointed first deputy minister of public education by the on October 24 decree of the President of Uzbekistan. the Ministry of Public Education said in a statement.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev today arrived in Turkey at the Ankara Esenboğa Airport where he was welcomed by the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ and other high-ranking officials.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev today left for Turkey on a state visit. During the high-level talks in Ankara, the sides are expected to discuss the ways to expand Uzbek-Turkish ties in political, trade-economic, investment, transport-communication and other fields, collaboration to counteract global and regional challenges and threats as well as exchange opinions on international issues.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov today hosted the visiting State Secretary and Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian federation Grigory Karasin.

On 25 October 2017 Tashkent will host the Twelfth Meeting of the Chairmen of the Supreme Courts of the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

Ganiev Jahongir Dunanovich has been appointed adviser to the Embassy, Chargé d'affaires of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the Kingdom of Spain.

Uzbekistan Airways plans to buy 4 Airbus A320 and A320 Neos. A320 Neo family is a development of the A320 family of narrow-body airliners. The Neo-series has been designed to provide significantly lower fuel consumption and lower operating costs through more modern engines, aerodynamic refinements, large curved winglets, known as sharklets and weight savings, the company said.

Today the newly appointed Uzbek Ambassador to Germany Nabijon Kasimov left for Berlin, the Foreign Affairs said. Before, from 2013 he had served as chairman of the Association of private travel firms.

The fifth meeting of the Ministers of Justice of the SCO member states under the chairmanship of the Ministry of Justice of Uzbekistan took place in Tashkent Friday, UzA said.

According to the Turkish Economy Ministry, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev accepted the invitation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and will visit Turkey on October 25-27.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed Visa Procedures Simplification for Citizens of the Turkish Republic Decree Saturday, aimed at “enhancing the political, trade-economic, scientific-technical and cultural cooperation of Uzbekistan with Turkey”, the Uzbek Tourism Development Committee (TDC) said.

Yesterday at the initiative of the Kyrgyz side President Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with the Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev, UzA said.

The director of the Tashkent IT vocational college, Senator Agrepina Shin has been appointed the minister of preschool education, a source in the government said.