In a significant step forward for relations between Uzbekistan and the European Union, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Abdulaziz Kamilov and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, Federica Mogherini, have yesterday launched negotiations for a new, comprehensive bilateral agreement. 

The visit of the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Brussels will take place once the parties complete the negotiations on the basic documents of bilateral and regional cooperation, said the Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov following the meeting of the Uzbekistan-EU Cooperation Council in Brussels.

The government of Uzbekistan has decided to invite a UN special rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, the Director of the National Center for Human Rights of Uzbekistan Akmal Saidov announced today.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov met with Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and European Affairs Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium Didier Reinders in Brussels, the Uzbek Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

Lieutenant Ilkhomjon Khaidarov, officer at Andijan province Izboskan district police department, died after being beaten by people in the street, the Prosecutor General’s Office.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree on opening of Uzbekistan’s general consulate in Rostov-on-Don (Russia), the Ministry of Justice said..

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev yesterday hosted the Under-Secretary General of the United Nations/Director General of the UN Office in Geneva, Michael Møller, the presidential press service said.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov yesterday met with the Commissioner in charge of International cooperation and Development Neven Mimica in Brussels.

Medical staff in Syrdarya and Samarkand provinces took oaths, promising  work honestly for the sake of the country's development.

The fifth round of the Uzbek-Swiss political consultations were held yesterday in Bern. The Uzbek delegation was led by Deputy Foreign Minister Dilshod Akhatov, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

Uzbekistan delegation headed by Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will visit Brussels on a working visit between November 21-24.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted delegation of the US Congress led by Congressman Trent Kelly, the presidential press service said.

The Uzbek Ambassador in Kabul, Yodgorhuja Shadmanov handed over 25 buses to the Ministry of Higher Education of Afghanistan on behalf of the Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the Foreign Ministry said.

Ceremonies took place across Syrdarya province last week, where farmers of the province took oaths, the local Sirdaryo Haqiqati (transl. The Truth of Syrdarya) newspaper reported.

A group of members of the US House of Representatives led by the co-chairs of the newly established Congressional Uzbekistan Caucus, Trent Kelly and Vicente Gonsalez are visiting Uzbekistan, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

The Ministry of Preschool Education (MPSE), the World Bank and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) co-organized an international conference on the relevance of innovative learning environment for children’s holistic development in Uzbekistan’s preschools.

The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev today held a telephone conversation.

The Ambassador of Uzbekistan stationed in Washington DC, Javlon Vahabov presented his credentials to the Governor-General of Canada Julie Payette, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

The prominent writer Mamadali Mahmudov’s membership in the Uzbekistan Writers Union was restored on November 16, UzA said in a statement.

The Control and Legal Service under the Ministry of Public Education revealed that in the Jizzakh province more than 272 million soums were deducted from teachers’ wages to finance the local Sogdiana FC, the ministry said.