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April 8, 2009
For Immediate Release
For an Interview:
Maryna Storrs
(801) 863-8897
Murad Askarov, Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the United Nations, will lecture at Utah Valley University 10 a.m. Monday, April 13, in Woodbury Business Building room 131. He will be the first representative from Uzbekistan to speak on campus.
"Uzbekistan is a strategically important nation to the United States and its efforts against terrorism and narcotics that arrive from Afghanistan," said Dr. Rusty Butler, associate vice president for international affairs at UVU.
Prior to becoming the Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the United Nations, Askarov was Chief of the Head Department for Analysis and Strategy of Foreign Policy in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2006-2009). He also served as Second and then First Secretary in the same department (2005-2006), and he was Third Secretary in the Foreign Ministry’s Policy Planning Group (2003-2005).
In addition, Askarov served as Head of Chancellery at the Embassy of Uzbekistan to the United States in Washington, D.C., (1999-2003). Prior to that he was Referent of the Treaty and Law Department in the Foreign Ministry (1997-1999).
Askarov earned a doctorate in political science and a master’s degree in international relations from the University of World Economy and Diplomacy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
The event is free and open to UVU students, faculty, staff and the public.
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