On May 24, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan will arrive in Tashkent an official visit, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

A delegation of the Russian Interior Ministry headed by Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev arrived in Uzbekistan on a working visit on Monday, the press service of the Russian Interior Ministry said.

On May 22, 2017, the Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov received the MEPs Iuliu Winkler and Ismail Ertug, who represent Romania and Germany respectively, who are visiting Uzbekistan, a statement of Foreign Ministry said.

Tashkent City Police Department will get a horseback mounted unit, for which 50 service horses will be purchased. This is stipulated by the May 1 Presidential Decree on "On measures to improve the activities of police in ensuring public order and citizens’ safety."

President of Uzbekistan on May 18 signed a decree creating UzbekHydroEnergo, a joint-stock company that will comprise hydroelectric power stations, hydrotechnical and other hydropower related units of UzbekEnergo, as well as UzSuvEnergo (Uz Water Energy) association under the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources.

Following the talks the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov oversaw the signing of bilateral accords in the Avaza Congress Center.

At Avaza center of congresses in Turkmenbashi city, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedova held talks in the narrow format.

On May 19 President Shavkat Mirziyoyev arrived in Turkmenistan. In the airport of Turkmenbashi city the Uzbek President was met by Deputy Prime Minister, the Foreign Mnister of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov, UzA said.

On May 18, at the Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan was held a meeting with the Roving Ambassador of Finland for Central Asia Niklas Lindqvist.

On May 18, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev received the delegation of the National People's Congress of China headed by Deputy Chairman and Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the Assembly, Wang Cheng.

On May 18, at  Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran Bahman Agharazi. The sides exchanged views on practical aspects of bilateral cooperation, including the outcomes of the 12th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Forum held in Tashkent on May 11-12, 2017, in which Iran participated as an observer country of the SCO.

Uzbeks will be able to access Google sites faster now that Google Global Cache (GGC) service soon to be available in Uzbekistan, UzbekTelecom announced Wednesday after talks with a GGC delegation.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev accepted the invitation of the Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to pay a working visit to Turkmenistan on May 19-20, UzA said.

At least 186 people were hospitalized in Shahrikhan district of Andijan on Monday after an outbreak of food poisoning, the Emergency Situations Ministry said in a statement.

President Mirziyoyev signed decree naming Ahadbek Haydarov as Deputy Minister of Finance of Uzbekistan, the press service of the Ministry of Finance announced.

On May 17, 2017 President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in order to inspect ongoing projects and familiarize himself with socio-economic development, the activities of schools and makhallas (neighbourhoods) has departed for Syrdarya province.

Atabek Sadykov left the position of chief of ToshShaharTransXizmat, a government body for Tashkent transport, the company announced in a statement.

The UN Secretary General António Guterres will visit Central Asia in June,  the head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia in Ashgabat and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General Petko Draganov announced.

The Uzbek Labor Minister Aziz Abdukhakimov met with the with a Japanese delegation including Mr. Kazumi Maeda, Director of the Chuo Sangyo Shinko Association, Mr. Haruka Komine, President of Three Concier Co., Ltd., Mr. Masao Otani, Director of the Social Security Corporation Kinunokai,  Mr. Hirokazu Kimura, President of Medical Brain Co., Ltd., Mr. Hidemichi Ota, Manager at Wolf Arden Social Security Corporation and Mr. Tatsuki Kimura, Manager at PRIEM Social Security Corporation.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree on May 11 creating the Committee on Forestry to replace the Office of Forestry under the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of Uzbekistan.