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The Straits Times
March 28, 2018
TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN • Moscow charged that Washington had put "colossal pressure" on allies to expel scores of Russian diplomats, and vowed to retaliate. ... The United States responded particularly strongly, ordering 60 Russians to leave embassies and consulates and shutting down the RussianÃâà...
Times of Central Asia
March 28, 2018
BISHKEK (TCA) — As relations between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan have warmed following top-level bilateral meetings, it has become much easier for ordinary Tajiks and Uzbeks to cross the previously tightly-controlled border for ... “When they built the wall, all that was left for us was to cry,” said Mukarram.
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 28, 2018
The conference was attended by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, European Union foreign-policy chief Federica Mogherini, and a number of foreign ministers, including Sergei Lavrov of Russia, Wang Yi of China, and Turkey's Mevlut Cavusoglu. The United States was represented by Undersecretary ofÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 27, 2018
Visiting U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon has met with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev in Tashkent. ... Mirziyoev was also due to meet with officials including Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, Pakistani Foreign Minister KhawajaÃâà...
EurasiaNet
March 27, 2018
Passage through the border takes a handful a minutes, a vivid contrast with the times when gruff Uzbek customs officials would often force travelers to unpack all their bags and account for all the contents. When Eurasianet correspondents made the crossing, one Uzbek official in plainclothes asked meeklyÃâà...
AzerNews
March 5, 2018
The Institute of Strategic and Regional Studies (ISRS) under the president of Uzbekistan and the Central Asia—Caucasus Institute under the American Foreign Policy Council signed a memorandum on cooperation, Uzbek media reported on March 5. According to the information, the document was signedÃâà...
Euromoney magazine
March 2, 2018
Uzbekistan, run as a repressive autocracy and a highly regulated economy for almost three decades, has hardly enticed investors requiring greater ... The official som rate was devalued by 48% to UZS8,100 per US dollar from 4,210/$ on September 5, and it has marginally appreciated since, with the centralÃâà...
The Jamestown Foundation
February 28, 2018
Since becoming president of Uzbekistan in September 2016, following the death of longtime authoritarian leader Islam Karimov, Shavkat Mirziyaev has taken steps to dramatically improve relations with his country's neighbors and to eliminate some of the most noxious and repressive policies of hisÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
February 27, 2018
He added that he is currently living with his wife, Nina Bekjon, who returned from the United States to Uzbekistan. Bekjon, who was widely seen as a political prisoner, was released from prison on February 22, 2017. The Reporters Without Borders nongovernmental organization had listed Bekjon as "one ofÃâà...
AzerNews
February 14, 2018
Uzbekistan and South Korea plan to launch a modern textile Techno Park in Tashkent in September 2018. This was announced by the head of ... One of the policy priorities of Uzbekistan, the world's fifth-largest cotton exporter, is further development of its textile industry. Annually, the country grows aboutÃâà...
AzerNews
February 12, 2018
One of the policy priorities of Uzbekistan is further development of its textile industry. ... and spent foreign investments worth $785 million while 147 new textile enterprises with participation of investors from Germany, Switzerland, Japan, South Korea, the U.S., Turkey and other countries were commissioned.
Chatham House
February 8, 2018
The president of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has dismissed his much-feared head of the National Security Service (SNB), Rustam Inoyatov, marking the final step of a transition of power in ... Meanwhile, he renewed relations with the main external players in the region: Russia, China and the US.
Lonely Planet Travel News
February 7, 2018
The government of Uzbekistan has announced changes to the country's visa policy that will provide visa waivers for an expanded list of nationalities, ... for citizens of 39 countries, including several EU member states, Asian and Middle Eastern countries, as well as India, New Zealand, Canada and the US.
AzerNews
February 2, 2018
Uzbek textile workers signed a contract for the supply of yarn worth $5 million to Bangladesh. The agreement was reached during the visit of ... One of the policy priorities of Uzbekistan, the world's fifth-largest cotton exporter, is further development of its textile industry. Annually, the country grows about 3.5Ãâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
December 31, 1999
On March 15, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in Moscow that Kazakhstan's provision of visa-free entry to U.S. citizens would require the approval of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), .... Under new President Shavkat Mirziyoev, Uzbekistan's regional policies have changed dramatically.
AzerNews
December 31, 1999
The official US dollar exchange rate in January 2018 increased by 55.7 soums (an increase of 0.68 percent) and amounted to 8,175.77 soums at the end of ... The Central Bank may affect the level of demand and supply of foreign currency through monetary policy by curbing the growth of the money supplyÃâà...
The Diplomat
December 31, 1999
Currency liberalization was the first concrete, although imperfect, example of the new policy. Since removing the currency peg to the U.S. dollar in September 2017, the Uzbek sum has lost only 1.5 percent of its value. In Central Asia, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan's strategies denoted a widespread interest forÃâà...
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