May 08, 2023 02:17 pm | Updated 02:17 pm IST
Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev calls for a snap presidential election. | file photo | Photo Credit: AP
Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has called a snap presidential election, Russia's RIA news agency reported on Monday, without giving a date.
Uzbek voters approved a package of constitutional amendments in a referendum on April 30 that allows Mirziyoyev to run for two more seven-year terms.
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