German President Should Push Uzbekistan for Further Reforms

Expand Uzbekistan President President Shavkat Mirziyoyev (L) meets with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin, Germany, January 21, 2019. © 2019 Press-service of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier likes to travel to countries he believes are on a path to reform. He contends that the extra international attention reinforces the process. For this reason, according to his aides, he is visiting Uzbekistan, Central Asia’s most populous country, on May 27-29. Steinmeier, a former foreign minister, will be among the most senior Western…

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