President Shavkat Mirziyoyev congratulated the head of the Movement for Justice Imran Khan on the election as the Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 

On August 19, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev sent a congratulatory message to President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani in connection with the national holiday – Afghanistan Independence Day. 
 

On August 18, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev got acquainted with projects on development of infrastructure of the city of Samarkand. This was reported by the Press Service of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Emomali Rahmon visited the Amir Temur mausoleum. Surahs from the Quran were read in memory of Sahibqiran. This was reported by the Press Service of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Presidents of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan visited the Registan complex.

Afrosiab was an ancient fortress that flourished before the Mongol Yoke. Exhibits telling about the history of the ancient settlement from the middle of the first millennium B.C. to the XIII century are kept in the museum.

The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon visited the Museum complex named after Mirzo Ulugbek. This was reported by the Press Service of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan. 

The President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, accompanied by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, visited the memorial complex of Islam Karimov in Samarkand. This was reported by the Press Service of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

On August 18, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, who is in Uzbekistan on a state visit, arrived in Samarkand.

“Friendship Evening” concert with participation of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan masters of art was held in Uzbekistan Palace of International Forums.

Following the negotiations at the residence of Kuksaroy, the signing ceremony of bilateral documents took place.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon continued negotiations in and expanded format with participation of official delegations of the two countries.

President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, who is in Uzbekistan on a state visit, accompanied by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulla Aripov, visited the Mustakillik square.

On August 17, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon arrived in Uzbekistan with a state visit at the invitation of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

On August 16, 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov met with the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Malaysia Hendi Assan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports.

The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev sent condolences to the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella in connection with numerous human casualties as a result of the Genoa bridge collapse.