President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev hosted the commander of the United States Central Command General Joseph Leonard Votel in Tashkent Saturday, the Presidential press service said.

Voice of America journalist Navbahor Imamova has been accredited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan and now is able to perform activities within Uzbekistan.

Bekhzod Musayev has been appointed interim Chairman of the State Tax Committee of Uzbekistan, the committee said. Behzod Musayev, 44, since March has worked as the first deputy to the committee chairman.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on May 11 signed a decree on organizing the activity of the branch of the National University of Science and Technology "MISiS" (formerly Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys State Technological University.

Botir Parpiev, who served as chairman of the Uzbekistan's Tax Committee since 2004, has been dismissed from his post.

The actions of of government officials that force employees of budget financed and other organizations and students to perform cleaning works, as well as agriculture works damage Uzbekistan's reputation, the May 10 government's Additional Measures to Eliminate Forced Labor in Uzbekistan Decree.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has accepted the invitation of the President of the United States of America Donald Trump and will visit the United States on May 15-17 with the first official visit, the presidential press service reported.

Immediately upon arrival at the Tashkent airport, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with the the Chairman of the Committee for Northern Economic Cooperation of South Korea, Son Young-gil.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited Namangan city center of government services during his trip to the province Thursday, the President's press service said.

Uzbekistan delegation led by the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov has departed for Tajikistan to attend the Dushanbe High-Level Conference: Counteraction to Terrorism and Radicalism on May 3-4, 2018.

During the visit of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Uzbekistan, the two countries reached agreement on holding joint military exercises, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry reported.

Uzbekistan intends to open consulates in Kazan, Rostov-on-Don, Vladivostok and Yekaterinburg in 2018, the Uzbek Ambassador to Russia Bahrom Ashrafhonov told Xalq So’zi (transl. People’s Word) newspaper.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the Baraka Meva Sanoat Service company in Chust District, the presidential press service.

The first ever Government Hour (equiv. of Question Time) in the history of the Uzbek parliament was held in the Legislative Chamber Tuesday. It addressed the issues of providing the public with clean drinking water and its rational use, as well as providing affordable and quality medicines to the population and medical institutions.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev arrived in Namangan province, the President’s press service said. Having visited the province in July 2017, the President set goals aimed at developing the province, creating jobs, construction of social facilities and developing the agriculture.

Uzbek Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Turkish Ministry of Labor and Social Security signed an agreement on protection of the rights of migrant workers and members of their families of the two countries, the Uzbek Ministry of Labor reported.

SkyPower Global will invest US$1.3 billion for solar energy projects in Uzbekistan. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the additional Measures to Implement Solar Energy Projects Decree Saturday.

The Presidents of Uzbekistan and Turkey arrived in Bukhara city today, where they visited the city sights Poi Kalyan complex, the Presidential press service said. The two leaders accompanied by the first ladies visited the Poi Kalyan complex and the Kalyan mosque, and also familiarized themselves with the activities of the Islamic school in Mir Arab madrasah.

Kabul Berdiyev has been appointed chief of the Civil Protection Institute under the Ministry of Emergency Situations, replacing Zafar Turaev, who returned to the post of deputy chief of the institute, the ministry reported.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, addressed the Uzbekistan-Turkey Business Forum held as part of the state visit of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who was also present in the forum, to Uzbekistan.