New Uzbek envoy to UN hands over credentials to Ban Ki-moon

Anvar Umarov · 12:41, 18.02.2009 · Updated 13:13 · 1200 views

New Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan presents credentials (UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe)

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) -- On 17 February 2009, new Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan to the United Nations Murad Askarov handed over credentials to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the headquarters of the UN in New York.

Mr. Murad Askarov is career diplomat. He has been working at the Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan for 12 years. In 2006, he headed department on analysis and strategy of foreign policy.

He is graduate of the University of World Economy and Diplomacy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He received doctor’s degree in political science of the same university in 2005.

Askarov speaks in Uzbek, Russian, English, German and Turkish.

Anvar Umarov

Anvar Umarov is the founder and editor-in-chief of UzDaily, a leading business and news publication covering Uzbekistan and Central Asia. With over 20 years of experience in journalism, he has also worked as a PR manager for both state and private organizations, bringing a broad perspective on media, communications, and public affairs to his editorial leadership.