Uzbekistan and US sign agreement on employment of diplomats' family members

Uzbekistan and the United States have signed an agreement on the employment of family members of official diplomatic staff. According to the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the signing took place in Samarkand on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting in the C5+1 format.

The document was signed by Uzbek Deputy Foreign Minister Muzaffarbek Madrakhimov and US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Samir Paul Kapur.

The agreement provides for the possibility of employing family members of staff of diplomatic and other missions in the host state, on the basis of reciprocity and in accordance with its legislation. The implementation of the arrangements is expected to improve the socio-economic conditions of families of diplomatic staff serving abroad, and to strengthen the treaty-legal framework of Uzbek-American cooperation. The report was written by Aziza Alimova of UzA.