Large-scale reforms in the defense sphere have been carried out under the leadership of President, the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov.

On December 24-25, 2015, Dushanbe will host political consultations of the delegations of the MFA of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. The delegations are headed by the Deputies Foreign Minister.

On December 23, 2015, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan will hold the first round of Uzbek-Netherlands political consultations. The delegation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands headed by the Director of the Department of Europe Daphne Bergsma is arriving in Tashkent to take part in the event.

On December 21, 2015, the delegation of the Republic of Uzbekistan headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulaziz Kamilov will participate in the ministerial meeting of “Central Asia – European Union” in Astana (Kazakhstan).

The delegation of the Republic of Uzbekistan headed by the First Deputy Prime Minister, Finance Minister Rustam Azimov will participate in the 14th meeting of the Council of Heads of Government (Prime Ministers) of the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which will be held on December 14-15 in Zhengzhou (China).

The delegation of the Republic of Uzbekistan headed by the First Deputy Prime Minister, Finance Minister Rustam Azimov will participate in the 14th meeting of the Council of Heads of Government (Prime Ministers) of the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which will be held on December 14-15 in Zhengzhou (China).

December 14 - the day of announcement of the State sovereignty of the Republic of Karakalpakstan.

The law "On national anthem of the Republic of Uzbekistan" was adopted on the December 10, 1992 at the 11th session of the Supreme Council of Uzbekistan.

The national anthem of our country is a symbol of the sovereignty of the Republic.