Republic of Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbek: O‘zbekiston Respublikasi or Ўзбекистон Республикаси), is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia, formerly part of the Soviet Union. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south..

Uzbekistan is a member of the United Nations, the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council, Partnership for Peace, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). It belongs to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and the Economic Cooperation Organization (comprised of the five Central Asian countries, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan). Uzbekistan is also a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and hosts the SCO’s Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) in Tashkent. Uzbekistan joined the new Central Asian Cooperation Organization (CACO) in 2002.

Date when the country joined PfP : signed the Framework Document on July 13th, 1994, becoming a member country of the PfP initiative.

National Links:

• Office of The President of the Republic - http://www.press-service.uz/

• Government - http://www.gov.uz/

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs - http://www.mfa.uz/

Reference :

http://www.gov.uz/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzbekistan

http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/uz.html

http://www.uzbeksites.com/