On March 4 this year at the Oksaroy Residence in Tashkent the three newly appointed ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary – of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Turkey and South Korea to Uzbekistan – granted credentials of their mission to the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov.

According to the news agencies that reported the story in the Russian and Uzbek languages, as the Uzbek Leader received the credentials from Ambassador Boriibay Jeksembin of Kazakhstan, Ambassador Mehmet Sertac Sunmezai of Turkey and Ambassador Chon De-wan of South Korea, he has congratulated them on their appointment and wished them success in their mission to Uzbekistan.

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov met with Richard Holbrooke, US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, at Oqsaroy on February19, 2010.

Welcoming the prominent US diplomat, the head of Uzbekistan expressed the attitude of the country toward further development of Uzbek-American relations on a constructive basis to ensure peace and stability in Afghanistan.

Today, Uzbekistan supplies this country with energy, soft commodities, builds transportation system and provides aid in different spheres of socioeconomic reconstruction. For example, the volume of Uzbek energy supplied to Afghanistan has increased several times this year...

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov met with president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Haruhiko Kuroda at Oqsaroy, February 16.

Welcoming the guest, the Head of state held that Uzbekistan has actively interacted with numerous authoritative international financial institutions, yet it attaches a particular magnitude to the expansion of cooperation with the ADB.

A long-standing and reliable partner of the republic, the ADB has consistently elaborated – together with Uzbek specialists – and implemented a strategy of cooperation with our nation in various sectors of economy. The 43rd Annual Meeting of ADB, to be called in early May this year in Tashkent, will be the Bank’s first such gathering in the Central Asian region, in acknowledgement by the international community of the model of economic reforms constantly perfected in the republic.