Several decisions made by US President Donald Trump have been seen as a boon to Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Trump's restrictions on the International Criminal Court, which had previously issued an arrest warrant for Putin, have also played into Putin's hands.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev received a delegation led by the Minister of Hajj and Umrah of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Tawfiq bin Fawzan, who is in Uzbekistan. The Minister presented Mirziyoyev with a piece of the Kiswa, the sacred Kaaba shroud, as a gift from Saudi Arabia's King Salman Al Saud to the people of Uzbekistan.