President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov at the Oqsaroy October 22 met with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who is on working visit in our country.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov and President of the United States of America Barack Obama have held a telephone conversation on September 28, 2011.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov met with US Republican Senator, member of several influential Senate committees Lindsey Graham, at the Oqsaroy August 25.

President Islam Karimov on July 5 at the Oqsaroy received credentials of newly appointed Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in the Republic of Uzbekistan – Jiang Xiao of the People’s Republic of China, George Krol of the United States of America, Le Mang Luan of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and Anvarbek Mokeev of Kyrgyz Republic.

US Science Envoy and President of Lehigh University, Dr. Alice Gast, travelled to Uzbekistan on 23-26 June as part of President Obama\'s initiative to strengthen science and education ties.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov met with Denis McDonough, Deputy National Security Adviser to US President, at the Oqsaroy on May 31.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov received the delegation of the American-Uzbek Chamber of Commerce headed by its chairwoman Carolyn Lamm at Oqsaroy residence in Tashkent on 18 February.

The Uzbek-US business forum was held in Tashkent on 18 February in the framework of the visit to Uzbekistan of Robert Blake, US Assistant State Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs.

Uzbekistan and the United States signed an Intergovernmental Agreement on Science and Technology Cooperation on 2 December in Tashkent.

Islam Karimov, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, met with Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State of the United States of America, at the Oqsaroy on December 2.

Commander of the US Central Command (USCENTCOM) General James Mattis visited Uzbekistan on 15-17 November. He came to Uzbekistan on his initial round of visits to the region to see and hear personally from Uzbek officials.

On March 29, 2010 the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the United States Ilkhom Nematov presented Credentials to the President Barack H. Obama.

On February 19 this year at the Oksaroy Residence in Tashkent the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov received the US Special Envoy on Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke, according to the news agencies.

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov received US Assistant State Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake on 12 October in Tashkent.

The US Assistant State Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake is on a visit in Uzbekistan. On 12 October, he met the chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan Ilgizar Sabirov.

Uzbek President Islam Karimov told a top US military official on Tuesday that his country was ready to strengthen ties with the United States on equal partnership terms.

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov received General David Petraeus, the Commander of the US Central Command, on 18 August at Oqsaroy residence in Tashkent.

Political relations. The United States of America recognized the independence of the Republic of Uzbekistan on December 25, 1991. On February 19, 1992 the diplomatic relations between the countries were established. The US Embassy in Tashkent was opened in March, 1992. The Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the USA began its work in February, 1995 in Washington DC. Core document of bilateral relationship is the Declaration on the Strategic Partnership that was signed in March, 2002.

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov received US Under Secretary for Political Affairs William Burns in Tashkent on 13 July.