Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Seventeen children left without parents in Russia were returned to Uzbekistan thanks to the joint efforts of the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Russia, the National Social Protection Agency under the President of Uzbekistan, as well as representatives of the Ministries of Internal Affairs and Health, Dunyo news agency reported.

The embassy provided the children with free certificates to return to their homeland.

Upon arrival in Uzbekistan, minor children will be placed in the care of relatives or placed in special children’s institutions in the country.