On December 16, Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov met with the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom, Alan Duncan.

On December 16 was held the extraordinary session of the Surkhandarya regional council of people's deputies, the President press-service said.

In accordance with the Presidential Decree, Ramatov Achilbay Jumaniyazovich has been appointed for the position of the First Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan, Chairman of the Board of Uzbekistan Railways - Head of Complex on the issues of complex development of territories and public utilities sphere, transport, capital construction and building industry.

The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev with the 15 Dec decree appointed Gofurdjon Mirzayev as the new khokim (governor) of Syrdarya region.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on December 15 signed a decree on appointing Shukurullo Boboyev to the position of khokim (governor) of Tashkent region.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has approved the new government formed by the Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov. On December 15 the list of Deputy Prime Ministers has been posted on the government portal.

On December 14, Uzbek Foreign Minister, Abdulaziz Kamilov met with the head of the Observation Mission of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Ambassador Peter Johann Thejler.

On December 16 the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom, Alan Duncan will arrive in Uzbekistan for bilateral talks.

At the Dec. 14 joint session of Oliy Majlis the senators considered the issue of approval of candidates for the position of Prime Minister of Uzbekistan.

Senate of Oliy Majlis at its December 13 plenary session considered the issue of improvement of the activity of the upper house in the field of international relations, foreign economic links, foreign investment and tourism. Recall, on the necessity of this at a meeting on December 7 dedicated to the 24th anniversary of the Constitution, the President-elect said Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

Uzbekistan’s Senate at the eighth plenary session on December 13 passed the Anti-Corruption Bill which initiated by the President, the Senate’s press service said.

On December 13 the President-elect of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, at the initiative of the Ukrainian side, held a telephone conversation with the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, UzA said.

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.