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Uzbekistan is set to hold a snap presidential election, a vote that follows a constitutional referendum that extended the incumbent’s term from five to seven years

Ex-Soviet republic is opening up to foreign visitors after decades as one of the world’s most isolated countries.

Earlier this year, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to the capitals of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to promote investment and urge political reforms.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has called for a snap poll on July 9, which could leave him in power until 2040.

New poll ordered a week after voters approve constitutional amendments allowing president to run for two more terms.

If Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is serious about his promise of building a new Uzbekistan, he should also launch political reforms

Election commission says more than 90 percent of voters back President Mirziyoyev’s constitutional amendments.

Uzbekistan's central elections commission says that Uzbeks have given overwhelming approval in a referendum to constitutional changes that promise human rights reforms but that also would allow the country’s president to stay in office until 2040

Tashkent (AFP) - Polls closed across Uzbekistan on Sunday, ending a day of voting in the Central Asian nation in a constitutional referendum that could allow President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to remain in power until 2040. 

Voters in Uzebekistan are casting ballots in a referendum on a revised constitution that promises human rights reforms

Tashkent (AFP) - Voters across Central Asian Uzbekistan went to the polls Sunday in a constitutional referendum that could allow President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to remain in power until 2040.