Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbek: O‘zbekiston Respublikasi or O‘zbekiston Jumhuriyati, or Ўзбекистон Республикаси in cyrillic characters or Russian:'Республика Узбекистан' ), is a country in Central Asia, formerly 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. This gives Uzbekistan a status shared only with Europe's Liechtenstein in that it is doubly landlocked, that is, it is surrounded entirely by other landlocked states. The only official language, Uzbek, is a Turkic language, but Russian continues to be widely used, a holdover from Soviet rule. Some sources estimate that Tajiks, an ethnic group closely related to Persians, make up approximately 42% of the population.[citations needed] The word Ozbek means Real/original/true (Oz) Leaders, Nobles (bek). Read more at Wikipedia
Readout of Secretary Panetta's Meeting with Ministers from Central Asian Nations
...at the NATO Summit in Chicago with senior ministers from Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The secretary expressed his deep appreciation for their support of the Northern Distribution Network, which is key to supplying...















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