Sports Diplomacy: Uzbekistan Ambassador Invites UK and Uzbek Cricketers for Talks
LONDON, Jan. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In what has become his trademark style, recently appointed Uzbekistan Ambassador Ravshan Usmanov today continued his high-energy round of get-acquainted meetings with key people in unusual fields by bringing together cricketers from the UK and from his homeland to discuss how their sport serves the bilateral relationship.
- But he has also been inviting spokesmen for more surprising corners of society to discuss their current relationships with Uzbekistan.
- A businessman, with an MBA from Warwick University, Mr. Mihliev says cricket is the fastest growing sport in Uzbekistan.
- "We have high expectations of the UK helping Uzbek cricket rise quickly to professional levels," he said.
- Both Mr. Gaffney and Mr. Mihliev paid credit to Sophie Ibbotson, a UK brand ambassador for the Uzbekistan Tourism Committee, for bringing them together.