Uzbekistan kept 48th place among 126 countries in the updated Countries Military Strength Ranking. Among the CIS countries, Uzbekistan is ranked third after Russia (2nd in overall ranking) and Ukraine (30).

The Uzbek Interior Ministry in a statement announced the launch on May 1 of a hotline, which will field complaints about police abuse.

On April 30, 2017, the Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov held bilateral talks with the Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kisida in Ashgabat (Turkmenistan), with the ministers currently attending the Sixth meeting of the Foreign Ministers in the framework of the Central Asia+Japan Dialogue.

On April 29 the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited South-Kazakhstan province where he met with the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.

On April 27, the First Deputy Chairman of the Uzbek Senate, Sodiq Safoyev met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Uzbekistan, Vladimir Tyurdenev.

On April 27, the Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov received the Deputy Foreign Minister of the State of Kuwait Ali Sulaiman al-Sayyid in Tashkent. The sides discussed the state and prospects of relations between Uzbekistan and Kuwait and some international and regional issues.

GM Uzbekistan has launched production of a renovated Chevrolet Malibu business-class sedan, the company's press service announced. The car has become more economical and more advanced technologically, while significantly improving in safety and comfort aspect.

On April 27, the Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov met the EU Special Representative for Central Asia, Peter Burian. The sides discussed the state of relations and prospects for advancing cooperation between Uzbekistan and the EU in the political, trade-economic, investment and financial-technical areas and some regional issues.

On April 27 President Shavkat Mirziyoyev departed for Jizzakh province to inspect ongoing and completed projects, the activities of schools and makhallas (neighbourhoods), UzA said.

On April 26, 2017 the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, who is visiting Uzbekistan on an official visit.

The Jizzakh province Council of people's deputies at its April 25 session has appointed Akram Rakhmonkulov as the new mayor of Jizzakh city, the press service of the city mayor’s office announced.

On April 26, 2017, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the commander of the U.S. Central Command, General Joseph L. Votel, who arrived in our country on a working visit.

On 19 April 2017, Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the protocol modifying the Intergovernmental Convention for the avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and capital between Uzbekistan and the Netherlands of 18 October 2001.

On April 26, 2017 the Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov met with the Foreign Minister of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, the press service of the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Abdukakhar Tukhtaev has been appointed as mayor of Tashkent’s Olmazor district. Previous mayor Bakhodir Gaibnazarov was sacked following the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s visit to the district on April 21.

The Commander of the United States Central Command, Joseph Leonard Votel is visiting Uzbekistan. On April 25, the General Votel reportedly held talks with the Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov and the Defense Minister Kabul Berdiyev.

A Kuwaiti delegation, headed by the Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Sulaiman Al-Said, will arrive Uzbekistan on April 27, 2017 the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

On April 22, the Uzbek Labor Minister Aziz Abdukhakimov met with the South Korea Ambassador Kwon Yong-woo to discuss the issues of hiring Uzbek nationals to South Korea’s labor market.

On April 25, the Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov received the Deputy Foreign Minister of the State of Palestine Mazen Shamiyah, who arrived in our country in order to discuss topical issues of bilateral ties.

The Uzbek Foreign Ministry is considering the issue of opening consular missions in the Russian cities of St. Petersburg, Kazan, Rostov-on-Don, Yekaterinburg, Vladivostok, and also in Kazakhstan's Almaty, the First Deputy Foreign Minister Zhavlon Vakhabov announced at a conference devoted to the implementation of the Uzbekistan's Development Strategy for 2017-2021.