On December 14 the joint session of the Oliy Majlis, dedicated to the inauguration ceremony of the President of Uzbekistan, opened in Tashkent.

The Deputy Prime Minister Adkham Ikramov was appointed as the Health Minister, he will keep serving as Deputy Prime minister.

The Uzbek Health Ministry with the assistance of the World Health Organization conducted a research in 2015-2016 on the salt intake amount by the population in Uzbekistan.

UzLiDeP’s Political Council at its Dec 12 meeting decided to propose to the President for consideration Abdulla Aripov's candidacy for the post of Prime Minister, the party’s press service announced.

In 2017, the Uzbek Health Ministry will, within Health-3 project, implement at some district hospitals the system of funding based on the actual number of provided services, Uzbekistan Today said.

The eighth plenary session of the Senate of Oliy Majlis will convene on December 13, the press service of the Senate said.

The governments of Uzbekistan and France signed an agreement on the establishment and activities of the French Development Agency (FDA) and its private sector subsidiary PROPARCO in Uzbekistan.

On December 8-9 Tashkent hosted a meeting of the working groups of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan convened to develop proposals to deepen cooperation in all areas of water issues, a statement of the Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan said.

Following the final vote count, Uzbekistan's Central Election Commission at the December 9 meeting declared that Shavkat Mirziyoev has been elected as the President of the Republic of  Uzbekistan.

On December 7, at the Uzbek Foreign Ministry was held a meeting with the Georgian Foreign Ministry delegation, headed by the Deputy Foreign Minister, David Jalagania.

Uzbekistan khokims (mayor or governor) may in the future be elected. Such a proposal was made by the President-elect Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

The President-elect of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, at the December 7 solemn meeting dedicated to the 24th anniversary of the Constitution, criticized public servants for failing to communicate with the people.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $198 million loan to help upgrade and widen 77 kilometers (km) of the existing Karshi-Shakhrisabz-Kitab highway in Kashkadarya province, southeast of Uzbekistan, to improve tourism, mobility, as well as domestic and international trade.

On the proposal made by the President-elect of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev at a solemn assembly dedicated to the 24th anniversary of the Constitution, the year 2017 in Uzbekistan has been declared as the Year of Dialogue With People and Human Interests.

On December 5, the President-elect of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with Russia’s Prime Minister, Dmitriy Medvedev on the initiative of the Russian side.

The Decree of the Uzbek Health Minister dated November 7 has approved the Regulation on the procedure for manufacture and display of signs that ban drinking of alcohol and smoking and informing about area and (or) premises designated for smoking. The document will come into force from the beginning of March 2017.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in his congratulatory message to Shavkat Mirziyoyev on victory in the Presidential election called him "dear friend."

Starting from April 1, 2017 Uzbekistan will abolish visa regime for the nationals of Australia, Austria, UK, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Finland, Switzerland and Japan, entering into the country for tourism purposes for a period not exceeding 30 days.

The mission of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in its statement of preliminary findings and conclusions at a press conference on the Sunday's early Presidential elections noted good organization of the electoral process and the measures aimed at transparency, but “underscored the need of comprehensive reform to address procedural and systemic shortcomings”.

China’a President Xi Jinping congratulated Shavkat Mirziyoyev on his victory in the Uzbekistan presidential election, the Chinese Foreign Ministry's press service said on Monday.