On September 20, a ceremony of presenting credentials by newly appointed foreign ambassadors to Uzbekistan took place.
On April 12, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received credentials from the Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Palestine Javad Awad, Japan Takashi Hatori, the State of Qatar Hassan Hamza Hashim, the Slovak Republic Viktor Borecky and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Ahmad Farooq.