Tashkent [Uzbekistan] : Re-elected Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was sworn in on Saturday at a joint meeting of both chambers of the country’s parliament, Sputnik correspondent reported. Prior to the ceremony, a standard and a symbol of the Uzbek president, which were approved in October, for the first time were brought to the hall of the Senate. Mirziyoyev pledged “to strictly follow the constitution and the laws of the republic, to guarantee rights and freedoms of citizens, to fulfill the duties of the president of the republic of Uzbekistan in good faith” in his inaugural speech.
