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By Nadežda KOKOTOVIC, Brussels Energy Club Director
The Brussels Energy Club (BREC) is the only discussion platform in Brussels that brings in significant knowledge about the energy sectors of other parts of the world and in June hosted a meeting dedicated to Uzbekistan. In 2016, a peaceful change of leadership took place in Uzbekistan, when Islam Karimov died after 25 years of presidency and Shavkat Mirziyoyev, his long-term prime minister, became the president. It is no longer headline making news that Uzbekistan has significantly opened to the world since that time and embarked upon the road to deep reforms of its economy and society. BREC’s partnership with the Uzbek Mission to the EU is part of this new wave that aims at attracting foreign partners and...
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