Uzbekistan holds presidential poll

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 10, 2023 12:14 am

TASHKENT: Uzbekistan holds a presidential election on Sunday that is set to hand the incumbent Shavkat Mirziyoyev a third term as head of the gas-rich Central Asian state.

The 65-year-old Mirziyoyev has promised to open up his country, a tightly controlled former Soviet republic, to foreign investment and tourism.

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