New poll ordered a week after voters approve constitutional amendments in a referendum allowing President Mirziyoyev to run for two more terms. Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has called a snap presidential election on July 9 to give himself a new mandate to help deal with the “sharp and complex processes” going on in the world. According to it, the presidential …
On March 17, as Moscow’s war on Ukraine intensified, Uzbekistan made a statement few observers anticipated. And since Shavkat Mirziyoyev came to power as president in 2016, the relationship between the two countries has significantly improved to the extent that last year, Russia surpassed China as Uzbekistan’s main trading partner. Surrounded by Russia, China, Afghanistan and the Caspian Sea, the …
