Chairman of the Office of Muslims of Uzbekistan, Mufti Sheikh Nuriddin Khaliqnazar was accepted into the membership of the Academy of Islamic Fiqh within the Islamic World Association.

A memorandum of understanding was signed between the Office of Muslims of Uzbekistan and the Federation of Muslims of South Korea. It envisages the establishment of religious education and the exchange of imams' experience, and the organization of educational talks by Uzbek imams at mosques in areas where there are many migrant workers in South Korea.