On December 29, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Turkey Ahmet Bashar Shen, completing his diplomatic mission in Uzbekistan.
On 27 December 2018 First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Ilhom Nematov held a video-conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which summed up the activities of the Ministry and diplomatic missions abroad in fulfilling the guidelines of the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on attracting foreign investments into the economy of the country, promoting and expanding the export volumes, increasing the tourist flow to Uzbekistan. The priority activity areas for 2019 had also been identified.
Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Austria, Permanent Representative to the OSCE Sherzod Asadov presented his credentials to the Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mikhail Chudakov as the Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan to the IAEA.
On December 24, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev congratulated the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on his birthday.
On December 24, 2018, the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Ilkhom Nematov met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan Nobuaki Ito.
On December 24, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov had a telephone conversation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Salahuddin Rabbani.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev expressed his deep condolences to President Joko Widodo and people of Indonesia in connection with numerous human casualties as a result of a powerful tsunami on the shores of Indonesia.
On December 23, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev congratulated Emperor Akihito of Japan on the national holiday – the Emperor’s Birthday.
On December 21, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Pham Van Fao, who is completing his diplomatic mission to Uzbekistan.
At the session of Tashkent city Council of people’s deputies, an organizational issue was considered. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev recommended the Acting Khokim of Tashkent city Jakhongir Artikhojayev for the position of the Khokim of the capital.
