President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has sent a letter of condolences to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kasym-Zhomart Tokaev due to the numerous casualties of a plane crash in Almaty. The head of our state expressed sincere sympathy and support to the families and friends of the tragedy’s victims, as well as wishes for a speedy recovery to all the injured.

On 26 December 2019, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov received the Head of ODIHR Election Assessment Mission of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Cayetana de Zulueta Owtram.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev, at the very beginning of his activity as President, noted the existence of a problem of modern personnel in the country. Soon large-scale reforms aimed at in-depth study and solution of this problem, training of highly qualified specialists were launched.

On December 26, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the Abdulla Kadiri School of Literary Creativity and the writer’s museum.

On December 25, 2019, Moscow hosted Uzbekistan – Russia inter-MFA political consultations.

On December 25, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a meeting on active involvement and effective use of grants.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has received George Tsereteli, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

On December 23, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with Sergey Lebedev, Chairman of the Executive Committee – Executive Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States, leading the Observer Mission from the CIS at the elections to representative bodies of government in our country.

On December 20, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended the informal Meeting of Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States, in Saint Petersburg.

The official visit of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Japan has ended.

On December 20, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with the Emperor of Japan Naruhito, in Tokyo.

Following the main events, the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe and his spouse Akie Abe hosted a reception in honor of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and his spouse Ziroat Mirziyoyeva.