The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov told the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergey Lavrov that it is important to follow the principle of non-interference in each other's internal affairs in order to strengthen mutual trust. Earlier, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation informed that an official explanation was requested from Uzbekistan regarding the beating of a student by a Russian language teacher at a school in Tashkent.

The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia reacted to the opening of the defense mission of France in Moldova and the activation of its actions in the South Caucasus.