Uzbekistan appoints its first ambassador to South Africa

In Pretoria, at the Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guesthouse, Ashraf Khojaev presented his credentials to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa as Uzbekistan’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the RSA.

It should be noted that Khojaev was appointed Uzbekistan’s ambassador to Qatar last year. Prior to that, he headed one of the departments at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.