President Shavkat Mirziyoyev yesterday hosted the visiting Deputy PM/ Strategy and Finance Minister of the Korea Republic Kim Dong-yeon, the President’s press service reported.

A new International Labour Organization report to the World Bank finds that the systematic use of child labour in Uzbekistan’s cotton harvest has come to an end, and that concrete measures to stop the use of forced labour have been taken. 

The general-major of the customs service Murotjon Azimov has been appointed as the new chairman of the State Customs Committee of Uzbekistan, the committee said.

The visiting delegation of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy held a meeting on Monday in the Senate and Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov today hosted the visiting delegation of the World Congress of Bukharian Jews (WCBJ) led by its President Lev Leviev, the ministry said.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov and the Pakistani Foreign Minister Khavaj Muhammad Asif held a meeting in Islamabad yesterday, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

Deputy PM/Strategy and Finance Minister of the Korea Republic Kim Dong-yeon arrived in Uzbekistan, UzA said. Within the framework of the visit, the first meeting of the Deputy Prime Ministers on economic issues and bilateral business forum will be held.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov today held talks with the Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

The first meeting of the Uzbek-Afghan joint security commission was held in Tashkent on Satruday, UzA reported. The accord on establishment of the commission was signed during the official visit of the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to Uzbekistan on December 4-6. The commission includes officials of the Security Councils, law enforcement and security forces of both Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.

Uzbekistan delegation led by Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov was hosted in Tehran by the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday, the Iranian Presidency website reported.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev during his Tashkent city trip on Friday inspected with the construction progress of multi-storey houses in Sergeli district, UzA reported.

A partial audio recording of the President Mirziyoyev’s speech at Jan. 19 Surkhandarya province meeting was leaked to YouTube. The four-and-a-half-minute audio contained harsh criticisms by the President towards some National Security Service officers, accusing them of treason:

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today visited Tashkent’s Yunusabad region, to familiarize himself with the phase II stage of of Yunusabad Metro extension, the President press service.

Afghanistan delegation led by the National Security Advisor to the Afghan President Mohammad Hanif Atmar will arrive in Tashkent on a working visit, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

Uzbekistan’s Criminal and Criminal-Procedure Legislation Improvement Concept for 2018-2021 will be developed, the Chairman of the Supreme Court Kozimjon Komilov said on Wednesday at a round table devoted reforming the judicial and legal system.

President Mirziyoyev by his Feb 6 decree appointed Abdujabar Abduvakhitov as deputy foreign minister, the President press service reported.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Wednesday, the Uzbek President’s press service reported.

The Prosecutor General's Office of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan signed the Agreement on Legal Assistance and Cooperation on matters of ensuring protection of citizens' rights and freedoms, combating crime, and interaction between prosecutors of border provinces, the Uzbek prosecutor’s office said in a statement.

President Mirziyoyev signed Measures to Boost Tourists Inflow Decree, which entitled Uzbekistan Airways to sell air tickets for international flights at below-cost prices.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, today in Beijing met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, Wang Yi, the Uzbek foreign ministry said.