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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Uzbekistan twice in her tenure, in December 2010 and October 2011. [18] [19] In November 2015, Secretary of State John Kerry visited Samarkand as part of his Central Asian tour to reassure the multilateral ties between the United States and the Central Asian nations. [20]
The assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian affairs is the head of the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs within the United States Department of State, which handles U.S. foreign policy and relations in the following countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
This is a list of United States ambassadors to Uzbekistan. The United States recognized Uzbekistan on December 25, 1991, and established diplomatic relations on February 19, 1992. The embassy was opened by interim ambassador Michael Mozur on March 16, 1992.
Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Seal of the United States Department of State Bureau overview Formed 2006 ; 19 years ago (2006) Preceding bureau Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Jurisdiction Executive branch of the United States Headquarters Harry S. Truman Building, Washington, D.C., United States Employees 1,747 (as of FY 2017) Annual budget $820 million (FY 2017 ...
The ministry functions as an administrative body of state government and is a part of the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan, responsible for conducting the foreign policy of Uzbekistan based on the Constitution of Uzbekistan and international laws.
Flag of the State Security Service of Uzbekistan. The Frontier Service, officially called the Committee for State Border Protection of the National Security Service (Uzbek: Milliy xavfsizlik xizmatining Davlat chegaralarini qo'riqlash qo'mitasi) and commonly referred to as the National Border Guard, [1] is a department of the military and National Security Service [2] of Uzbekistan responsible ...
Human Rights Watch stated that "Uzbekistan's record of cooperation with UN human rights mechanisms is arguably among the worst in the world. For the past 12 years, it has ignored requests for access by all 11 UN human rights experts, and has rejected virtually all recommendations that international bodies have made for human rights improvements."
The United States was one of the first countries to recognize Uzbekistan as an independent state. On December 25, 1991, President George H.W. Bush recognized Uzbekistan’s independence in an address concerning the dissolution of the Soviet Union. [1]