Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the law "On the State Security Service of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan" on 6 July.

The main tasks of the President’s State Security Service (PSSS) are to protect the life, health, honor and dignity of protected persons, and to ensure the safety of protected objects.

According to the law, protected persons are:

- the President of Uzbekistan and members of his family from the day of the official announcement of the results of the presidential elections;

- ex-president and members of his family for the entire period of his life;

- the person who acts and powers the president prior to the assumption of office by the newly elected head of state;

- heads of foreign states, governments, parliaments, international organizations, other political and public figures of foreign states, as well as accompanying family members during their stay on the territory of Uzbekistan and other persons subject to protection in accordance with decrees and orders of the president.

Protected objects are:

- objects of stay of protected persons;

- vehicles intended for servicing protected persons, as well as places of their permanent deployment;

- buildings, structures, structures, land plots and water bodies provided by the SSP for operational management, and other objects subject to protection in accordance with decrees and orders of the President.

The law envisages the regulation of the following issues:

- status, main tasks, rights and obligations of the State Security Service of the President, issues of cooperation with other state bodies in the field of ensuring the security of protected persons;

- the procedure for recruiting the personnel of the State Security Service of the President, the status, rights and obligations of military personnel;

- the specifics of active military service by employees of the State Security Service of the President, the assignment of military ranks to them and the organization of their professional training;

- guarantees of legal and social protection of employees of the State Security Service of the President;

- issues of providing servicemen of the State Security Service of the President with service certificates, tokens and military uniforms;

- detailed conditions and procedure for the use of physical force, special means, edged weapons or firearms by employees of the State Security Service of the President;

- the procedure for monitoring the activities of the State Security Service of the President.